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Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed"

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On 2017-05-23, Robert Hardy (r.hardy) <r.hardy@yorksj.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions. However, this isn't an issue with the URL
> in sources.list. I've tried the following:
>
> * installing using httpredir.debian.org (deb.debian.org isn't in the
> list of mirrors in the installer) - same error results.  * modifying
> the URL to deb.debian.org in sources.list and running apt-get update,
> same error results (see below).  * attempting to download the file
> Translation-en.bz2 from the repository
> (http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/i18n/)
> - download times out.
>
> It looks like there is an issue with the mirror, which I'll report as
> a bug. However, I would appreciate advice on whether we should trust
> the installed system, given the missing file, or if it is likely that
> we will encounter ongoing issues arising from this.
>
> Yours, Rob
>
[...]

I'm afraid I can't help you with the issue you're facing, and I can't
reproduce it on a jessie box. My contribution was simply to point out
that httpredir.debian.org is deprecated.

Interestingly, I can download the file Translation-en.bz2 from
cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org without a hitch. The problem appears to be at
your end, not with the mirror.

By the way, please don't top-post. It irritates people here.

>
> -----Original Message----- From: Liam O'Toole
> [mailto:liam.p.otoole@gmail.com] Sent: 18 May 2017 14:07 To:
> debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Error on install: Repository
> "couldn't be accessed"
>
> On 2017-05-17, RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 05/17/2017 12:20 PM, Robert Hardy (r.hardy) wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I received this message when installing from the Debian 8.8
>>> netinstall ISO (debian-8.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso)
>>>
>>> Initial error was for ftp.uk.debian.org <ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org>. I
>>> tried several others (including ftp.fr.debian.org
>>> <ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org> and  mirror.bytemark.co.uk) with similar
>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Continued with the install, which appeared to go OK otherwise. Found
>>> that two lines were commented out in sources.list, post install:
>>>
>>> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
>>>
>>> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
>>>
>>> #deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
>>>
>>> # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
>>>
>>> #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
>>>
>>> Uncommented these, and received the following errors on running
>>> apt-get update:
>>>
>>> Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
>>>
>>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>>
>>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>>
>>> Err http://ftp.uk.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en
>>>
>>>    404  Not Found [IP: 78.129.164.123 80]
>>>
>>> Fetched 168 kB in 6min 3s (463 B/s)
>>>
>>> W: Failed to fetch
>>> http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie-updates/main/i18n/Transl
>>> ation-en 404  Not Found [IP: 78.129.164.123 80]
>>>
>>> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
>>> old ones used instead.
>>>
>>>   * Is this a known issue?  * Should I have any concerns about
>>>   stability / missing files follow this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>> I had that happened. I then changed all the http://ftp.* to
>> http://httpredir.debian.org. I learned of this here:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#Example_sources.list
>>
>> Then I apt-get update and it worked fine from there.
>
> Just a FYI: the recommended redirector is now http://deb.debian.org/.
>
> --
>
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Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" "Robert Hardy (r.hardy)" <r.hardy@yorksj.ac.uk> - 2017-05-17 18:50 +0200
  Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-17 19:00 +0200
    Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 15:10 +0200
      Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-21 14:40 +0200
        Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Matthew McKinnon <comprofix@list.comprofix.com> - 2017-05-22 01:10 +0200
          Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-22 01:20 +0200
            Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Matthew McKinnon <comprofix@list.comprofix.com> - 2017-05-22 02:00 +0200
              Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-22 02:20 +0200
                Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Matthew McKinnon <comprofix@list.comprofix.com> - 2017-05-22 05:50 +0200
                Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-05-22 12:20 +0200
                Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-25 13:50 +0200
                Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-05-26 10:20 +0200
                Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-05-27 10:20 +0200
      RE: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" "Robert Hardy (r.hardy)" <r.hardy@yorksj.ac.uk> - 2017-05-23 16:10 +0200
        Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-05-24 13:10 +0200
        Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-25 13:50 +0200
          Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 10:10 +0200
            Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-05-26 11:10 +0200
              Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-27 07:20 +0200
            Re: Error on install: Repository "couldn't be accessed" RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-27 13:40 +0200

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