LMDE update / repository problem? SOLVED

[kbkatz1]

I try to perform an "update" and encounter this error (see attachment).

Here are my current repositories:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free


Thoughts?

[nomko]

Maybe the server you try to use is down. Happens more often, not only with LMDE but also mainstream Mint.

[grizzler]

Very old versions, by the looks of it. No longer in the repository. Try running apt update in a terminal and see if retrieving the package lists works without errors.

[nomko]

Try running apt update in a terminal

Quoting the topic starter:

I try to perform an "update" and encounter this error (see attachment).

So, what will fix your solution grizzler??

[kbkatz1]

Results of apt update:

ken@inspiron531s:~$ apt update
[sudo] password for ken:
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [16.8 kB]
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [26.1 kB]
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream i386 Packages [18.1 kB]
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import i386 Packages [53.6 kB]
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main i386 Packages
Hit http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Fetched 115 kB in 3s (30.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
ken@inspiron531s:~$

[forre]

I've been trying to install new linuxmint.

Seens to be that all packages from .. linuxmint.com suffers somekind of download problem.
Connection to server is very slow (some bits per second).

All other downloads (packets from ubuntu and so on) works perfectly.

-Förre-

[gtsfer]

I think there's more in your repository settings than shown in your first post. Do this command from terminal to see everything you have in there...

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inxi -r

[kbkatz1]

ken@inspiron531s:~$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main

[gtsfer]

ken@inspiron531s:~$ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main

1) Has it been a lonnnnng time sine you've done an update? Since UP8 which occurred months ago your default repository list is now located in...
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list, not in /etc/apt/sources.list as indicated from your inxi command. Mine looks as shown below (this is the default). The /etc/apt/sources.list file is now essentially empty, just a comment line since UP8.

Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main

2) Neither of those two repos for google-chrome or google-musicmanager exist. Just try clicking on those two links you'll see what I mean. You must have added these, maybe they worked at one time. But they are dead now.

[kbkatz1]

It has been a while since I did an update. Any suggestions?

[kbkatz1]

says I'm on UP8.

[grizzler]

So, what will fix your solution grizzler??

It makes sure all the package lists are up to date and reports any that can't be retrieved. Looking for old packages is often a sign of a package list not being updated.

2) Neither of those two repos for google-chrome or google-musicmanager exist.

Actually, those two still work fine. Got four package lists (2 amd64, 2 i386) from them just now. The apt update listing above would have shown an error if they were bad.

Any suggestions?

Sorry, no. I was expecting something in one of those google package lists to ask for something old, but I just checked them and they don't seem to be doing so (unless it's one of the dependency's dependencies...). You could try disabling them and see if that changes anything.

It's an odd set of old items that your system wants. I mean, gnome shell and inxi? Weird.

[gtsfer]

It has been a while since I did an update. Any suggestions? says I'm on UP8.

UP8 is good at least. I would go into Software Sources in Control Center and restore the defaults for starters. You might want to save your added repositories, or actually, you have a copy of them posted right here. right? After you restore to defaults, check that /etc/apt/sources.list just has a comment line in it. It should if you are on UP8. Also check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list and see if it looks right.

Then do an update. After that you can add that Google stuff back in. (fwiw.. clicking on either of those Google links in your "inxi -r" post results in "that's an error, that's all we know").

[kbkatz1]

Control Center? what should the comment line in /etc/apt/sources.list say?

[gtsfer]

Control Center? what should the comment line in /etc/apt/sources.list say?

It looks exactly like this since UP8.

#/etc/apt/sources.list

But restoring default settings should fix it all for you I would imagine. Yes, it's called "Control Center" right off the main menu. I have Mate, maybe Cinnamon is a little different if that's what you have. But I know there's a "Control Center", there has to be. Then go to Software Sources, "restore default settings". And try an update again.

[kbkatz1]

Fix:
Commented out all sources listed in "/etc/apt/sources.list" and added the correct repos to "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list". Updated and everything worked. Thanks for the assistance gtsfer.

[gtsfer]

Cool, glad that worked for you. Can you edit your first post and add <SOLVED> in the subject. It might help someone else.

[kbkatz1]

My mistake, NOT SOLVED. Rebooted today and was able to get to the login screen and then the screen just goes dark. So the updating essentially "broke" logging into a GUI. I can login "recovery mode" to get to a CLI though.

when I run apt-get dist-upgrade I get the following errors:

The following packages have been kept back:
caja-gksu caja-open-terminal libatril libcaja-extention libmatebluetooth libmatewnck-common mate-calc mate-dialogs mate-keyring mate-netspeed mate-notification-daemon mate-system-monitor mdm mint-meta-codecs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded; N: Ignoring file 'official-package-repositories' in directory 'etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has no filename extension.
N: Ignoring file 'official-package-repositories' in directory 'etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has no filename extension.

[gtsfer]

I don't know how, but your your source file appears to be missing the ".list" extension from the error messages huh? Don't know how that would have happened at all. If you can get to console mode, login as 'root' and try this. (this is being creative mind you).

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mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
apt update
shutdown -r now

The shutdown command like that will do a restart. Maybe restoring defaults in Software Sources was the best idea after all. But you would have had to add your extra "stuff" back from scratch that way.

[kbkatz1]

applied the above method with some success and some hiccups...

The rename worked and many updates took affect, the problem is I ended up with an Xorg error. Not usually a big problem, I usually (if this occurs) just reinstall my NVIDIA driver and all is good. Not this time though when I go to install it it says I now have a newer GCC (4.6?) than what the NVIDIA driver was compiled for GCC 4.4? and It says I can proceed if I know what I am doing. Long story short, it didn't work, even when I restored my xorg.conf to the previous backup.

Thoughts? I feel it is close........