Getting apt-get to work with FC3

[Shane Archer]

I just installed apt on a fresh install of FC3, and I haven't been able to 
get it to do anything.

Here's what I installed:

# rpm -q apt
apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362

When I try to do an update, here's what I get:

# apt-get update
Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:

(with nothing beyond the colon)

I have edited /etc/apt/sources.list with data from 
http://www.xades.com/proj/fedora_repos.html to no avail.

Is there anything I could be doing wrong, or anything else I need to edit 
(such as apt.conf, etc)? I have used apt on previous Fedora installs with 
no problems, all I  remember having to do was finding a working sources.list.

Thanks,

Shane

[Bernd Radinger]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:52:16 -0800, Shane Archer
 wrote:
> I just installed apt on a fresh install of FC3, and I haven't been able to
> get it to do anything.
>
> Here's what I installed:
>
> # rpm -q apt
> apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362
>
> When I try to do an update, here's what I get:
>
> # apt-get update
> Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
> E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:
>
> (with nothing beyond the colon)
>
> I have edited /etc/apt/sources.list with data from
> http://www.xades.com/proj/fedora_repos.html to no avail.

so what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list?

[Shane Archer]

At 03:27 PM 1/29/2005, you wrote:
> so what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list?

The file does not currently exist. Is that something I am supposed to 
config myself? I was under the impression that it got written. (I have only 
ever set up apt once before, and it was a long, long time ago...)

Thanks,

Shane

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 19:42 -0800, Shane Archer wrote:
> At 03:27 PM 1/29/2005, you wrote:
> > so what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list?
>
> The file does not currently exist. Is that something I am supposed to 
> config myself? I was under the impression that it got written. (I have only 
> ever set up apt once before, and it was a long, long time ago...)

----
don't know where you got that 'apt' from but it should have included it.

you might consider rpm -e apt and getting a new version - preferably
from one of the repositories that you are interested in integrating into
your setup but generally, the answer to your question can be had here
from Dag's apt info...

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#B2

Craig

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:42:21 -0800, Shane Archer
 wrote:
> At 03:27 PM 1/29/2005, you wrote:
> > so what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list?
>
> The file does not currently exist. Is that something I am supposed to
> config myself? I was under the impression that it got written. (I have only
> ever set up apt once before, and it was a long, long time ago...)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane

Easiest fix for you is to start over, i.e. uninstall apt. Then go and
install one from here: http://dag.wieers.com/packages/apt/

[Bernd Radinger]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:42:21 -0800, Shane Archer
 wrote:
> At 03:27 PM 1/29/2005, you wrote:
> > so what do you have in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list?
>
> The file does not currently exist. Is that something I am supposed to
> config myself? I was under the impression that it got written. (I have only
> ever set up apt once before, and it was a long, long time ago...)

mv   /etc/apt/sources.list   /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mirror-select.list

[Panu Matilainen]

On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 12:52 -0800, Shane Archer wrote:
> I just installed apt on a fresh install of FC3, and I haven't been able to 
> get it to do anything.
>
> Here's what I installed:
>
> # rpm -q apt
> apt-0.5.15cnc6-12.r362
>
> When I try to do an update, here's what I get:
>
> # apt-get update
> Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
> E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:

One of the mirror lists was missing on the server causing the download
to fail, fixed now.
> (with nothing beyond the colon)
>
> I have edited /etc/apt/sources.list with data from 
> http://www.xades.com/proj/fedora_repos.html to no avail.
>
> Is there anything I could be doing wrong, or anything else I need to edit 
> (such as apt.conf, etc)? I have used apt on previous Fedora installs with 
> no problems, all I  remember having to do was finding a working sources.list.

If you have already edited sources.list to your liking then the mirror-
selector wont do you much good - you can disable it from running
automatically (when apt is first used) by adding this
to /etc/apt/apt.conf:

Apt::State::FirstRun "false";

- Panu -