Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:21:39 +0200 From: Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anybody know apt-get ? Message-ID: <AANLkTikJd5bw9f-j6w7AkxYYxwEpCVuFFH6vjDeyNe8c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimg71AoMZLWyhP6-ej1V2GBEcd%2BBXcY35%2BEhy9i@mail.gmail.com> References: <24360.1289127112@tristatelogic.com> <AANLkTimg71AoMZLWyhP6-ej1V2GBEcd%2BBXcY35%2BEhy9i@mail.gmail.com>
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Oops ... the current release of util-linux being available here http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/ "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 10:19 PM, Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@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/ > > > > > "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@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) >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >
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