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Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download

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On 09/25/2020 08:49 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>> I am running up-to-date Buster, unfortunately there seems to be a bit of a
>> problem.
>>
>> Normally I run the update process several times a week with the command sudo
>> apr update && sudo apt upgrade. This morning this resulted in the error
>>
>> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
>>    brscan4
>> No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
>> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> E: Can't find a source to download version '0.4.8-1' of 'brscan4:amd64'
>> After unpacking 0 B will be used.
>> E: Can't find a source to download version '0.4.8-1' of 'brscan4:amd64'
>> E: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download
>> E: Perhaps the package lists are out of date, please try 'aptitude update'
>> (or equivalent); otherwise some packages or versions are not available from
>> the current repository sources
>>
>> I reinstalled the Brother printer drivers, apparently barscan4 was not
>> included. I contgaced Brother tech support, but was told that they did not
>> support Linux.
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists.old
>> sudo apt-get clean
>> sudo apt-get update
>>
>> This resulted in a long list of get: (ellipses)    followed by my user
>> prompt. Unfortunately, update generated the same errors.
>>
>> At this point I don't have the faintest idea as to how to proceed. Pointers
>> towards a solution to the problem will be much appreciated.
> apt-get update   fetches package lists
> apt-get upgrade  fetches and install packages
>
> In this case, I think you have a problem with update, which
> leads to the problem with upgrade.
>
> Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and entries in
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
>
> Something probably is not responding. There are mirrors for most
> repos, so pick different mirrors, or use
> http://deb.debian.org/debian/
>
> -dsr-
>
>
Many thanks for the quick response.

Here is my edited sources.list:

  deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.1.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD 
Binary-1 20190908-01:09]/ buster contrib main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.1.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 DVD 
Binary-1 20190908-01:09]/ buster contrib main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main 
contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main 
contrib non-free

# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates non-free contrib main

Unfortunately, I got the same error list.

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
www.molecular-modeling.net
614.312.7528 (c)
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Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 13:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-09-25 14:50 +0200
    Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 15:10 +0200
      Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-09-25 15:20 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-25 15:40 +0200
          Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 17:20 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-26 09:20 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Fabien Roucaute <fabien.roucaute@free.fr> - 2020-09-25 16:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-09-26 02:50 +0200
  Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-09-26 03:00 +0200
    Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-26 11:20 +0200
      Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-09-26 12:10 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-26 12:30 +0200
        Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 13:40 +0200
          Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 15:30 +0200
            Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 17:10 +0200
              Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 17:40 +0200
              Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 18:50 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-27 19:10 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-27 19:40 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2020-09-28 15:50 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2020-09-28 17:00 +0200
                Re: Internal error: couldn't generate list of packages to download Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-28 19:20 +0200

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