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[Calcpage]

On May 30, 2010, at 8:49 AM, <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:

> On May 30, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Maurice McCarthy <manselton at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Jorge
>>
>> Perhaps I'm teaching granny to suck eggs but what is in your file
>> /etc/apt/sources.list ?  I have
>>
>> = = =
>> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
>> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
>>
>> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main  
>> restricted
>> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main  
>> restricted
>>
>> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
>> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
>> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
>> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
>>
>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main  
>> restricted
>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
>> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
>> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
>>
>> # deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free
>> # disabled on upgrade to lucid
>> # deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free # disabled on  
>> upgrade to lucid
>> = = =
>>
>> If you add or remove a deb source then you can run
>>
>> sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
>>
>> just as you would in Debian and everything should work out fine.
>> (According to Joey Hess you should always use aptitude in preference
>> to apt-get. See
>> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-04/3181.html and
>> so far as I know that advice remains good.)
>
> Thanx for the info, Maurice, I will have to confirm it on the Linux  
> box at work on Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend.
>
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com

OK, it looks like I have a similar list except mine start "us." and  
"security." so that's fine.

So, I tried "sudo aptitude update" and got thru 12 gets without a  
hitch.  Every get after that had an error like "Sub-process /bin/bzip2  
returned an error code (2)".   36 gets were atempted but the last 24  
had that bzip2 error.  What can I do about this?

TIA,
A. Jorge Garcia
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com