dpkg/apt

cody0416 · 03-06-2009, 07:25 AM

Now that I have finished the lfs book, I am trying to install dpkg/apt according to the hint at
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hint...files/dpkg.txt
but when I try to install something with dpkg I get

Code:

 package architecture (i386) does not match system ()

How can I make dpkg recognize my system architecture? I know I can use

Code:

--force-architecture

but I don't want to have to do that every time.

I installed apt and edited apt.conf like it said in the hint, but when I type in apt-get update, I get

Code:

E: Syntax error /etc/apt/apt.conf:158: Malformed tag

What does this mean, and how can I fix it?

Mystican · 03-07-2009, 04:03 AM

I haven't personally tried using dpkg or apt on LFS, but I did some research and it looks like you may need to change something in one of the files in /usr/share/dpkg to make dpkg recognize your architecture. Can you paste the contents of /usr/share/dpkg/cputable as well as ostable? Also, what's the output of the following?

Code:

gcc --print-libgcc-file-name

As for your second issue, with apt, the error you got indicates a problem on line 158 of apt.conf. Maybe paste that line along with some context here?

cody0416 · 03-07-2009, 09:49 AM

cputable

Code:

# This file contains the table of known CPU names.
#
# Architecture names are formed as a combination of the system name
# (from ostable) and CPU name (from this table).  A list of architecture
# names in the Debian ‘sid’ distribution can be found in the archtable
# file.
#
# Column 1 is the Debian name for the CPU, used to form the architecture
# name.
# Column 2 is the GNU name for the CPU, used to output build and host
# targets in ‘dpkg-architecture’.
# Column 3 is an extended regular expression used to match against the
# CPU part of the output of the GNU config.guess script.
#
# <Debian name>	<GNU name>	<config.guess regex>
i386		i486		(i[3456]86|pentium)
ia64		ia64		ia64
alpha		alpha		alpha.*
amd64		x86_64		x86_64
armeb		armeb		arm.*b
arm		arm		arm.*
hppa		hppa		hppa.*
m32r		m32r		m32r
m68k		m68k		m68k
mips		mips		mips(eb)?
mipsel		mipsel		mipsel
powerpc		powerpc		(powerpc|ppc)
ppc64		powerpc64	(powerpc|ppc)64
s390		s390		s390
s390x		s390x		s390x
sh3		sh3		sh3
sh3eb		sh3eb		sh3eb
sh4		sh4		sh4
sh4eb		sh4eb		sh4eb
sparc		sparc		sparc(64)?

ostable

Code:

# This file contains the table of known operating system names.
#
# Architecture names are formed as a combination of the system name
# (from this table) and CPU name (from cputable).  A list of architecture
# names in the Debian ‘sid’ distribution can be found in the archtable
# file.
#
# Column 1 is the Debian name for the system, used to form the
# architecture name.
# Column 2 is the GNU name for the system, used to output build and host
# targets in ‘dpkg-architecture’.
# Column 3 is an extended regular expression used to match against the
# system part of the output of the GNU config.guess script.
#
# <Debian name>	<GNU name>	<config.guess regex>
linux		linux-gnu	linux[^-]*(-gnu.*)?
darwin		darwin		darwin[^-]*
freebsd		freebsd		freebsd[^-]*
kfreebsd	kfreebsd-gnu	kfreebsd[^-]*(-gnu.*)?
knetbsd		knetbsd-gnu	knetbsd[^-]*(-gnu.*)?
netbsd		netbsd		netbsd[^-]*
openbsd		openbsd		openbsd[^-]*
hurd		gnu		gnu[^-]*

gcc --print-libgcc-file-name

Code:

/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.3/libgcc.a

I thought I had typed that in a couple of days ago and got a different output. I think i686 was the only thing that showed up in the output. But I have tried so many different things over the last few days, I might be getting them mixed up.

apt.conf

Code:

  {
	Verify-Peer "false";
	SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
        CaPath  "/etc/ssl/certs";
        Verify-Host" "true";
        AllowRedirect  "true";
  };

line 158 is AllowRedirect "true";

If I comment out that line, then I get the same error on the next line, and then the next.

Mystican · 03-08-2009, 03:24 AM

In the cputable file, try adding the following line:

Code:

i686            i686            (i[3456]86|pentium)

and in ostable, change the "linux" in the first column to "gnu-linux"; hopefully that will fix things.

In apt.conf, the problem is with the line immediately before the one the error actually points to: remove the extra quotation mark right after Verify-Host, before "true"

cody0416 · 03-08-2009, 03:03 PM

Ok, that fixed my problem with apt, but dpkg still doesn't recognize my architecture. If I type in

Code:

dpkg --print-architecture

it comes back blank. If I try to install something, I still get the same error message as before unless I force it.

Mystican · 03-08-2009, 07:45 PM

Odd. I wish I had more experience in this area, but my preferred method for package management in LFS is through package users.

I did find this forum thread that seems to match what you're experiencing; not sure if there's any info there that will help, though it might be worth taking a look. By the way, what's the output of "uname -m" on your system? And which version of dpkg did you install? I know the hint recommends an older version; have you tried installing the latest version to see if that solves the problem?

cody0416 · 03-09-2009, 12:45 AM

Weird. When I first installed dpkg, it wouldn't recognize my architecture, no matter what version I used. When I installed dpkg using dpkg, then it would recognize it. So I had to install dpkg, and then install it again using the dpkg that I just installed. I am now using version 1.15.0 and when I type

Code:

dpkg --print-architecture

it shows

Code:

i386

and when I type

Code:

uname -m

it shows

Code:

i686

Now that I've got that figured out, I am getting the following message when I type in "apt-get update"

Code:

Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en_US
  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

so now I will play around with my sources.list file to see if I can figure this out.

Mystican · 03-09-2009, 08:28 PM

Interesting solution. So basically using dpkg to bootstrap itself, similar to how GCC winds up compiling itself a couple times in chapter 5.5.

Any luck with the apt-get update problem? From the error messages, it looks like just a temporary networking issue, but I checked those repositories in a browser just now and while the Release.gpg files are there, the english Translation files aren't.

cody0416 · 03-09-2009, 09:45 PM

No, so far I haven't had any luck with apt-get update. So far, I can't seem to find a repository that actually works. Is there anyone else that is having this issue, or is it just me? Release.gpg files may be there, but it still "fails to fetch".

Mystican · 03-09-2009, 11:31 PM

Found this thread, posted today, from someone who seems to be experiencing pretty much the same thing as you are, albeit with a Kubuntu system.

Best recommendation at the moment might be to give it 24 hours or so, hope it's a network issue that will solve itself, and then try again.

cody0416 · 03-19-2009, 08:48 AM

Apt works for me on Debian, but still not on LFS. Now I have discovered that I can connect to the internet with LFS, but not use it. The internet dials out and connects, but when I try to load a page, it acts like it is not connected. I can ping IP addresses, but not load web pages. I think this must be why I can't get apt to work, but I don't know how to fix this. Any ideas?

manwichmakesameal · 03-19-2009, 10:46 AM

Can you post your /etc/resolv.conf? Sounds like a dns issue.

cody0416 · 03-19-2009, 11:41 AM

/etc/resolv.conf

Code:

nameserver 66.133.150.12
nameserver 66.133.170.2

And I don't know what I did, but somehow apt is now working.