Re: [aclug-L] .deb help

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you using apt?  If so, what is in your /etc/apt/sources.list?

Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> what does this mean in dselect when i attempt to run the Update command?
> 
> Get ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/contrib Packages
> Error ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/contrib Packages
>  550 /dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> Get ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/main Packages
> Error ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/main Packages
>  550 /dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> Get ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/non-free Packages
> Error ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu stable/non-free Packages
>  550 /dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> ERROR
> ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz
>   550 /dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> ERROR ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
>   550 /dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> ERROR
> ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
>   550 /dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: not a plain file. 
> 
> update available list script returned error exit status 1.
> 
> 
> jesse