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Topic: Apt-get errors, debconf version?

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Posted: Nov. 13 2003,04:14

Using 0.4.10 on a hd-install, I have enabled apt-get via the pages' operation.

Now, however, when running apt-get install ANYTHING I get: "E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?" I even tried "apt-get install debconf" --- same thing. "dpkg: can't mmap package info file '/var/lib/dpkg/available: No such device"

Any suggestions or tweaking to get apt-get to work? I'm remaking my server and need to get samba and httpd up as soon as possible!

Henk
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Posted: Nov. 13 2003,21:17

Well my guess is that you have to do something with your sources.list file.

you can find this file at /etc/apt/sources.list
it defines the hosts where it is trying to download the files from

my sources.list lookes like

Code Sample

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb ftp://debian.secsup.org/pub/linux/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://mirror.direct.ca/pub/linux/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://debian.secsup.org/pub/linux/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirror.direct.ca/pub/linux/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free

the words testing mean that it actually gets the latest versions, meaning not always the most stable ones. good enough for me:)

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Posted: Nov. 13 2003,21:47

definitely not sources, as I'm using the same custom sources list from when I was running Lirabranet on Debian Secure... I touched available ot make it show up, but still had greater problems with dpkg and debconf. Went ahead and just wiped the HD... trying to find any debian-based thing I can instll as all I need on this computer is httpd/vsftp/iptables/tripwire/samba - Figured I could use DSL and cut out some of the X stuff I don't need, but after having seen how much of a PITA it would turn into to truly secure it (easy as heck to get into root -- if anyone is at my terminals) I'm trying other solutions...

oh well.

KevB

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Posted: Nov. 14 2003,13:54

Quote (vocabulaic @ Nov. 13 2003,16:47)

I'm trying other solutions...

Why not just install Debian? Install the base system, in order to boot, then use apt-get to add the services/apps you need.

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Posted: Nov. 14 2003,16:59

I have yet to get a network .iso of debian to properly boot (this is a very finicky old system) - and have yet to find any mirror for the regular full .iso's that I get more than 3kb/sec to. Since I have to get this finished set up by tomorrow I may have to resort to hunting more.

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