Anybody know apt-get ?

[Ross Cameron]

Oops ... the current release of util-linux being available here
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/




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On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Ross Cameron
<ross.cameron at linuxpro.co.za>wrote:

> Ronald what EXACTLY are you trying to accomplish here?
>
> The bsdutils are a collection of commands from the 4.4BSD era that are now
> included in the util-linux package which is available from Kernel.org
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
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> "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in
> overalls and looks like work."
>     Thomas Alva Edison
>     Inventor of 1093 patents, including:
>         The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <
> rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that
>> reside in a package called "bsdutils".  I have built and installed
>> the "apt-get" program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things
>> are going very badly indeed.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here?  The errors I am
>> getting are shown below, and here are the current contents of my
>> /usr/local/etc/apt/sources.list file:
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
>> # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
>> # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
>> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted contrib
>> non-free
>>
>> # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
>> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted
>> contrib non-free
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Here's what happens when I try to fetch the sources:
>>
>>
>> % apt-get source bsdutils
>> Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 100%Reading package
>> lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building
>> dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency
>> tree... Done
>> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/main Packages
>> (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages)
>> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/restricted Packages
>> (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_restricted_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages)
>> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/contrib Packages
>> (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_contrib_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages)
>> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.commaverick/non-free Packages
>> (/var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_non-free_binary-freebsd-i386_Packages)
>> - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
>> E: Could not open file
>> /var/db/apt/state/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_source_Sources
>> - open (2 No such file or directory)
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