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Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Mirrors, not repos. Isn't there a repo help inside configure, telling you what files to look at?

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 18:46 Post subject:

ftp.au.debian.org
ftp.de.debian.org
http://deb-multimedia.org
http.ftp.de.debian.org
http.us.debian.org
mirrors.kernel.org
LOCAL FOLDER

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Hey Doc- I vaguely remember an odd fix someone mentioned a while back.

You game? I wanna know too if there's a live disk you can boot into ram?

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 20:29 Post subject:

An odd fix - if it works - is fine with me!

I do have a Puppy CD from which I can boot.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Here's the deal.. I suspect your petget 0setup file's corrupted. This or someone else in your petget folder. So, run this code on your system as it is, then boot your live 5.x.15 and do the same. Save it to home before returning to the system with the issue. When ya boot back, and with'm both in the same folder, run an md5sum on each, one at a time.

If they're the same- your problem's elsewhere. If they're different- compare the 0setup's..

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6070 Location: Kentucky

Another source.....
http://www.deb-multimedia.org/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/

edoc · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2013, 23:40 Post subject:

As I recall adding a non-listed repository to Puppy Package Manager is a nuisance.

Is there a PET that handles this?

I don't know of a way to simply redirect PPM to a non-listed repository.

BTW: Any idea why the existing repositories would broadcast the presence of several files then fail to serve them?

Hotdog · Joined: 29 Sep 2011 Posts: 126 Location: Georgia USA

edoc,

Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding the situation. Is the problem with downloading or installing? Puppy's PPM does not know much about finding needed dependencies. You are own your own to find and install them. In fact, you can bypass the PPM. Just click on a .deb package with your browser and Puppy will offer to save it or install it for you whether it is the main program that you want or a dependency library or helper program.

What do you get when you click on the .deb file?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Say Doc.. can you: wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/v/vbetool/vbetool_1.1-2_i386.deb?

edoc · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2013, 20:13 Post subject:

Sorry re. not yet trying and reporting back on the other kind suggestions - I have been away all day.

Yes, I can

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Hey- Great! Now it's just the md5's..

edoc · Posted: Sun 10 Feb 2013, 17:50 Post subject:

I'm not sure I follow.

Are you saying that the problem is defective md5's for the files on the mirror sites?

That is what is causing the download failure?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Nooo.. I think there might be something wrong in your petget folder.

edoc · Posted: Sun 10 Feb 2013, 18:00 Post subject:

How do I test that hypothesis, please?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 4632 Location: World_Hub

Backtrack this page and try the link I left. Barring that >> this. We can Very Happy

lollygag all you want..