apt-get

[Chris Taylor]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:41:38 -0400, Fred Roller wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 12:25 +0000, Chris Taylor wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:19:48 -0400, Fred Roller wrote:
>> 
>> > On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 12:12 +0000, Chris Taylor wrote:
>> >> /usr/lib/apt/methods/httpp
>> > 
>> > 
>> > This file is missing.  Try locating it on the system or replacing it.
>> 
>> Thanks for your answer Fred but as I said I'm new to linux (Ubuntu
>> 8.10) what am I looking for and how do I find it
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> run:
> 
> 	ls /usr/lib/apt/methods/
> 
> which should yield similar to:
> 
> froller at metis:~$ ls /usr/lib/apt/methods/ bzip2  cdrom  copy  file  ftp 
> gpgv  gzip  http  https  lzma  mirror rred  rsh  ssh
> 
> It should not appear here (hence the error) and from what I have googled
> it seems to control http proxy interaction for apt (the program).  I
> have not used a proxy so am not familiar.
> 
> Fred

chris at chris-desktop:~$ ls /usr/lib/apt/methods/
bzip2  copy  ftp   gzip  https  mirror  rsh
cdrom  file  gpgv  http  lzma   rred    ssh
chris at chris-desktop:~$