[ale] Synaptic problems

[Dr. Brian J. Dowd]

Try using apt-get instead:
Close synaptic
Open an xterm
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update

(see "man apt-get" for more info)
apt-get [-hvs] [-o=config string] [-c=file] {[update] | [upgrade] | 
[dselect-upgrade] | [install pkg...] |
               [remove pkg...] | [source pkg...] | [build-dep pkg...] | 
[check] | [clean] | [autoclean] | [autoremove]}


Mark Wright wrote:
> I thought I screwed up a Ubuntu 5.04 installation by not knowing 
> enough about how to upgrade the repositories in synaptic.  But now I 
> am having a similar problem on another 6.06 installation.
>
> I haven't changed anything on this 6.06 box.  I am getting "connection 
> refused"  Messages when I try to install updates.  Currently patches 
> for tar, rsync, and Mozilla.  The full text of the message is, "could 
> not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.89.8) - connect (111 
> connection refused)"
>
> I stuck the URL that preceded the message into Mozilla and downloaded 
> the packages to my desktop but synaptic still gets connection 
> refused.  The links synaptic is using are valid and I have done 
> updates several times before.  I think I can install the updates fine 
> from the packages I downloaded to my desktop but why won't Synaptic work?
>
> The 5.04 box I mentioned is so screwed I can't install anything on 
> it.  I am going to have to save my /home and reinstall.  I don't want 
> that to happen to this box.  Anybody have a clue as to what is going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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