Installing software

[Rick Thomas]

Dan,

Please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly should I do to the 
"sources.list"?

Currently it looks like (below - slightly edited to protect my 
login and password) but I get (more below) errors.


Thanks!

Rick
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[root@lilserver root]# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# Package repository URLs
#
# http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/apt/sources.lists will always have the
# most current version of this file
#
# Official Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 package repositories. If these are busy,
# please use a mirror near you.
#
# For a full list of mirrors, please see:
# http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml

# base
rpm http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 base
rpm-src http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 base

# updates (bugfix, security, etc.)
rpm http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 update
rpm-src http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 update

# contrib (user contributed software not supported by Terra Soft)
#rpm http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 contrib
#rpm-src http://myname:mypasswd@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog apt/3.0 contrib
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[root@lilserver root]# apt-get update
Ign http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0 release
Err http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/base pkglist
   404 Not Found
Ign http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/base release
Err http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/base srclist
   404 Not Found
Err http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/update pkglist
   404 Not Found
Ign http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/update release
Err http://ftp.ydl.net apt/3.0/update srclist
   404 Not Found
Failed to fetch 
http://rbthomas:12Netscape@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog/apt/3.0/base/pkglist.base 
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch 
http://rbthomas:12Netscape@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog/apt/3.0/base/srclist.base 
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch 
http://rbthomas:12Netscape@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog/apt/3.0/base/pkglist.update 
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch 
http://rbthomas:12Netscape@ftp.ydl.net/yellowdog/apt/3.0/base/srclist.update 
  404 Not Found
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or 
old ones used instead.
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On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 12:30 AM, Dan Burcaw wrote:

> Rick,
>
> You're pointing to the public mirrors.. which may or may not be 
> complete
> at this point.  I suggest setting up your sources.list to point to
> ftp.ydl.net (as your are an Enhanced customer).. which I know is fully
> functional. In the meantime, I'll look into the mirroring situation.
>
>