synaptic not working

wiliamvw · 08-16-2018, 01:38 PM

Debian stretch 4,9.0-7 amd64 SMP 4.9.110-1 x86-64 wicd network manager
After downloading apps through synaptic and get to: Installing software "the marked changes are now being applied. this can take some time. please wait" --it never finishes.
Details: Retrieving bug reports...0% Fail
Error retrieving bug reports from the server with the following error message:
E: unsupported proxy http://
It could be because your network is down [it's not], or because of broken proxy servers [am at library and manager checked and all servers OK], or the BTS server itself is down [if so, it down for over a week].
Check network configuration and try again [ifup and ifconfig get message: command not found]
This synaptic use causes screen to freeze and must exit through power off or restart.
Everything had been working well over week ago, but without doing anything, it just went to this state. Any thoughts?

Keruskerfuerst · 08-16-2018, 02:07 PM

Can you try on console?

Code:

apt-get update

and then

Code:

apt-get upgrade

ondoho · 08-17-2018, 01:54 AM

^ yes, show us that first. at library.

meanwhile:

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiliamvw

E: unsupported proxy http://
(...)
am at library

both comments seem relevant, whether they're connected or not.

wiliamvw · 08-22-2018, 02:30 PM

Finally got back to library, and for 'sudo apt-get update' got:

Get:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease
Ign:2 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch InRelease
Ign:3 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch Release
Hit:4 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib amd64 Packages
Get:5 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release [1,530 B]
Ign:6 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib all Packages
Ign:7 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib i386 Packages
Ign:8 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib Translation-en_US
Get:5 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release [1,530 B]
Hit:9 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib Translation-en
Ign:10 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib all DEP-11 Metadata
Get:11 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg
Ign:11 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg
Ign:12 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:13 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:14 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib DEP-11 128x128 Icons
Ign:15 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib all Contents (deb)
Ign:16 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib i386 Contents (deb)
Ign:17 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib amd64 Contents (deb)
Ign:18 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch i386 Contents (deb)
Ign:19 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch all Contents (deb)
Ign:20 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch amd64 Contents (deb)
Hit:21 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main amd64 Packages
Ign:22 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main all Packages
Ign:23 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main i386 Packages
Ign:24 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main Translation-en_US
Hit:25 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main Translation-en
Ign:26 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main all DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:27 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:28 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:29 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main DEP-11 128x128 Icons
Ign:4 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/contrib amd64 Packages
Ign:30 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main all Contents (deb)
Ign:31 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main i386 Contents (deb)
Ign:32 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21] stretch/main amd64 Contents (deb)
thousand more lines

sudo apt-get upgrade got:
Reading package list...Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information...Done
Calculating upgrade...Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
ant ant-optional ca-certificates-java and hundreds more.

ondoho · 08-24-2018, 01:13 AM

comment out the cdrom lines in your sources.

wiliamvw · 08-27-2018, 04:25 PM

Went with vi to /etc/apt/sources.lists and commented out the two lines regarding CDs; no change in synaptic; still downloads fine but won't install.

hydrurga · 08-27-2018, 04:58 PM

Can you please paste here the output from sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade again. Thanks.

hydrurga · 08-27-2018, 05:00 PM

Also, the output from:

Code:

for i in /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}; do echo file: $i; cat $i; echo ====; done

wiliamvw · 08-29-2018, 01:42 PM

liam@debian:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for wiliam:
Get:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build InRelease
Get:2 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release [1,530 B]
Get:2 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release [1,530 B]
Get:3 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg
Ign:3 file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build Release.gpg
Ign:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Ign:7 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit InRelease
Ign:8 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit Release
Ign:9 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(DEB)/English Sources
Ign:10 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) Sources
Ign:11 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/[US]/4.1.5 Sources
Ign:12 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) i386 Packages
Ign:13 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) all Packages
Ign:14 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) amd64 Packages
Ign:15 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) Translation-en
Ign:16 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) Translation-en_US
Ign:17 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) all DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:18 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:19 http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit/(x86-64) DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Hundreds more lines with almost all of them being regards openoffice; the 'sudo apt-get upgrade' is the same as before.

hydrurga · 08-29-2018, 01:49 PM

Thanks. And the output from the command in post #8?

wiliamvw · 08-29-2018, 02:00 PM

liam@debian:~$ su
Password:
root@debian:/home/wiliam# for i in /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}; do echo file: $i; cat $i; echo ====; done
file: /etc/apt/sources.list
#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21]/ stretch contrib main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20180310-11:21]/ stretch contrib main

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib

# stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
# deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch contrib non-free main
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch contrib non-free main #Added by software-properties
# deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib
deb http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit (x86-64) (DEB)/English [US]/4.1.5
deb-src http://www.openoffice.org/download/inhex.html/Linux 64-bit (x86-64) (DEB)/English [US]/4.1.5
====
file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list
deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
====
file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list.save
deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
====
root@debian:/home/wiliam# ^C
root@debian:/home

hydrurga · 08-29-2018, 02:08 PM

I have no idea how that could have ended up in such a mess.

Here's how /etc/apt/sources.list should look: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

In summary:

Code:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free

I would advise you to replace everything in that file with the above.

In the same file, comment out the LibreOffice lines. "inhex" should probably read "index" but it is best that you leave those lines commented out for now.

Also comment out the line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list.

Once you've done all that, run sudo apt-get update again.

wiliamvw · 08-30-2018, 02:40 PM

Left only those 6 lines uncommented, and commented out that single line in 'sources.list.d', plus updated and upgraded after a reboot.
Still get message that bug reports not being retrieved [can't understand way everything else downloads, but not the bug reports], but now have option to go ahead and install anyway, so can at least get some things accomplished, and want to thank everyone for their assistance on this.

ondoho · 08-31-2018, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiliamvw

file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list
deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
====
file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list.save
deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
====

does anybody have an idea what this is?
i have never seen this before.
does this always appear when one tries to build something under apt?