Got LMDE Cinnamon Edition and can't ugrade at all

[Bazza]

Help - it just won't connect at all. I just need the definitive way of updating. Thanks.

[killer de bug]

Hi!

Can you please post the output of

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inxi -r

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apt update

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apt dist-upgrade

[nobodynoze]

You're not supposed to. It will just break.

[nobodynoze]

I would go back to Vanilla Debian or a different Debian. I googled the error messages but it was not much help. .

$ 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

I'm just wondering how different/similar my output is to the OP.

[nobodynoze]

apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aptdaemon cinnamon cinnamon-screensaver colord consolekit firefox-l10n-en-us gconf-editor gnome-bluetooth
gnome-desktop-data gnome-session-fallback gufw hplip libpolkit-gtk-1-0 mint-meta-debian-cinnamon mintstick nemo
nemo-fileroller network-manager-gnome policykit-1 policykit-1-gnome printer-driver-postscript-hp pulseaudio
pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-module-zeroconf xchat
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cinnamon-desktop-data cinnamon-session-common cinnamon-themes cinnamon-translations cjs gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0
gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libcinnamon-control-center1 libcinnamon-desktop0 libcjs0c libdvbpsi9
libgles2-mesa libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libtasn1-6:i386 libtasn1-bin libudev1 libvlc5 libvlccore5
mint-flashplugin-steam mint-meta-debian-codecs mint-mirrors mintsources vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-pulse
The following packages have been kept back:
cinnamon-common gir1.2-peas-1.0 gjs libmuffin0 libpeas-1.0-0 mdm muffin-common
The following packages will be upgraded:
firefox gir1.2-muffin-3.0 inxi libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls26 libgnutls26:i386 libgudev-1.0-0 libtasn1-3-bin
mint-meta-codecs mint-meta-debian-core nemo-data udev xchat-common
13 upgraded, 28 newly installed, 27 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.7 MB/60.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 47.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main libdvbpsi9 amd64 1.1.0-dmo1
404 Not Found
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main cinnamon-session-common all 2.0.6+lmde [141 kB]
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main libgles2-mesa amd64 9.1.6-2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 amd64 1.0.7-1
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad amd64 1.0.7-1
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main gstreamer1.0-libav amd64 1:1.0.9-dmo1
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main vlc-data all 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main libvlccore5 amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main libvlc5 amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main vlc-nox amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main vlc amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main vlc-plugin-notify amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main cinnamon-themes all 2013.11.25 [186 kB]
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main vlc-plugin-pulse amd64 1:2.0.8-dmo2
404 Not Found
Err http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main inxi all 1.9.12-1
404 Not Found
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main libcinnamon-control-center1 amd64 2.0.9+lmde [10.8 kB]
Fetched 338 kB in 1s (205 kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... o2_all.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/mult ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/pool ... -1_all.deb 404 Not Found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I give up. What is wrong?