[R-sig-Debian] Help for sources.list

[(Ted Harding)]

Re: the below
I have overcome the problem described below by repeating the process of
making the GPG key known to apt-key as described in the CRAN/Linux/Debian
page. So apparently the key got lost overnight. Is that normal?
Ted.

On 06-Jun-10 14:41:36, Ted Harding wrote:
> After I apparently achieved access to the Debian CRAN repositories
> last night (appropriate line for /etc/apt/sources.list plus getting
> the GPG key to work), today it seems to have gone belly-up again
> (but in a somewhat different way). First, without changing settings,
> I got rubbish (not preserved) from Synaptic Package Manager. So I
> decided to make a fresh start with /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> I have adopted the suggested template
> 
>   deb http://<favorite-cran-mirror>/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
> 
> and have substituted for "<favorite-cran-mirror>" one of the two UK
> repositories, so I have a choice of two lines:
> 
> [1]:
>   deb http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
> [2]:
>   deb http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
> 
> With either I get effectively the same response from Synaptic Package
> Manager, namely for the first:
> 
>   An error occured
>   The following details are provided:
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk
> lenny-cran/ Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.stats.bris.ac.uk_R_bin_linux_debian_lenny-cran_P
> ac
> kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> 
> And for the second:
> 
>   An error occured
>   The following details are provided:
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk
> lenny-cran/ Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk_bin_linux_debian_lenny-cran_P
> ac
> kages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> 
> Is there some error (invisible to me) in the above lines [1] & [2]?
> Or what?
> 
> Any help most gratefully received. I'm going round in circles on
> this, despite attempts to follow instructions to the letter.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ted.
> 
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Date: 06-Jun-10                                       Time: 16:02:11
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