[lug] apt-get dist-upgrade errors

[David Morris]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 11:45:38AM -0700, Elyse M. Grasso wrote:
> I'm trying to update Kubuntu 6.06 to 6.10 using the official mechanism for 
> Kubuntu, which is 
> * Change all instances of dapper to edgy
>  * Launch a console with KMenu -> System -> Konsole
>  * In the console run: sudo apt-get update
>  * In the console run: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and follow the prompts to 
> upgrade
>  * In the console run: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop python-qt3 
> python-kde3 ubuntu-minimal and follow the prompts to install
>  * Reboot your computer
> 
> I'm about 1/3 of the way through the dist-upgrade download and there have been 
> some download failures:
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main python2.4 2.4.4~c1-0ubuntu1
>   Connection timed out [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe kpovmodeler 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu2
>   Connection timed out [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main freeglut3 2.4.0-5
>   Connection timed out [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main dictionaries-common 0.70.1ubuntu2
>   Connection timed out [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main kdesktop 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.2
>   Connection timed out [IP: 146.137.96.7 80]
> 
> I'm not used to Debian-ish tools -- until November my experience was all with 
> rpms.
> 
> Am I correct in assuming that I should re-run the dist-upgrade step until 
> stops finding stuff to download before proceeding to the install step? That 
> kdesktop error worries me...
> 
> Is there some other apt-get options I should use instead to make it go back 
> and get the missing files?

You are correct.  What happened is that apt-get could not
connect to the package server and so could not complete the
dist-upgrade.  Its just a network glitch.  Re-run
dist-upgrade until it completes without errors.

--David