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Re: Problem using "apt-get update"

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Problem using "apt-get update"
Date 2018-02-24 19:10 +0100
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Richard Owlett composed on 2018-02-24 10:48 (UTC-0600):

> I had just done a minimal (command line only) install of Stretch from 
> the first DVD of the complete set rather than using netinst to conserve 
> bandwidth. The install as usual was successful.

> I wish to install a package from the repository - it's not on DVD1.
> I added the line
>        deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
> to sources.list while commenting out the line referencing CDROM.

> I attempted to run "apt-get update".
> It *FAILED*
> The message was the source I wanted was being ignored.

> WHY?
     Mirror problems in .us.???

Do you get also get failure if you s/apt-get/apt/g ?
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Problem using "apt-get update" Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-24 17:50 +0100
  Re: Problem using "apt-get update" John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-02-24 18:00 +0100
    Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-24 18:10 +0100
      Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-02-24 18:10 +0100
        Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-24 19:00 +0100
          Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-24 19:10 +0100
          Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-02-24 19:10 +0100
      Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-24 18:30 +0100
      Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-02-24 18:40 +0100
      Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-02-24 18:40 +0100
      Re: Problem using "apt-get update" John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-02-24 18:50 +0100
  Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-02-24 19:10 +0100
    Re: Problem using "apt-get update" Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-24 19:30 +0100

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