[clue-tech] Clueless, pun intended

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Bill Smith <wpsmithii at msn.com> wrote:
> Hi David, this is a different computer and OS than the one you saw, it's
> working fine. This on has a 32 bit system and a different set of software
> packages that I'm trying to maintain
>
>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:24:06 -0600
>> From: anselmi at anselmi.us
>> To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
>> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Clueless, pun intended
>>
>> Bill Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > Anybody have any idea why this isn't working?
>> >
>> > root at localhost ~]# apt-get update Get:1 ftp://ftp.ch.debian.org
>> > pclinuxos/2007 release Ign
>> > ftp://ftp.ch.debian.org pclinuxos/2007 release Get:1

>>
>> Because the server doesn't have those directories.
>>
>> > Some background, when I installed this 2009 CAELinux 32 bit distro,
>> > synaptic package manager was
>> > disabled by default and I can't get "aptitude" to run. The only thing I
>> > can see is the PClinuxOS
>> > 2007 is rpm based, I think, not debian. I also don't know how to check
>> > my sources list in the
>> > terminal. All I want to do is make sure the install is up to date as
>> > much as possible, while not
>> > causing any problems with broken dependencies.
>>

It appears that you are now maintaining a PCLinuxOS system. Either
wait a few days until the selected repository source recovers, or
select a different repository source for the packages (synaptic ->
settings -> repositories).


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Collins Richey
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