[ale] Synaptic problems

[Mark Wright]

I get the same response from the repository servers using apt-get too.


On Sep 15, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Dr. Brian J. Dowd wrote:

> 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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