Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#199 closed defect (worksforme)

Ubuntu oneiric install fails

Reported by: https://me.yahoo.com/a/708OzwlrvP1JZDZoeOWD1hyBB5M-#39cde Owned by: Antoine Martin
Priority: critical Milestone:
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Description (last modified by Antoine Martin)

Following the instructions on
​http://winswitch.org/downloads/debian-repository.html?dist_select=oneiric

I get this error:

W: Failed to fetch http://winswitch.org/dists/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I think 'dists' is appearing somewhere it shouldn't (see the dists/dists) above.

Change History (1)

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by Antoine Martin

Component: Android → Website, Email, etc
Description: modified (diff)
Priority: major → critical
Resolution: → worksforme
Status: new → closed

I've just tried here in a virtual machine and I cannot reproduce your problem.

There is no 'dists' in the repository path, the ​Release file is relative (still no 'dists' in it), and the packages referred to in the Packages file are relative to the repository path.

Here's an example: ​http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/ where the packages are in pool which is relative to the repository root ​http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/.

In any case, I've added a symlink from dists/dists to dists/. which should solve your problem, although it would be good to know the real cause of it...

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