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SalmonEater
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"Failed to download: Couldn't read a file:// file"[SOLVED]

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RE:
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http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... cy_support
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I did as instructed at he above webpage and ran

wget -m -nH -r -np --cut-dirs=4 -R "=D","=A","index.html" http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/

using stated mirror for 32-bit packages, made the script file adddepinfo.sh executable, ran script,edited the
/etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc file. first leaving the salix.enials.net SOURCE intact, then changed it to the
http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/ reference; in both cases, I received errors on running the command <slapt-get -u> or <slapt-get --update> as follows:

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root@darkstar:~# slapt-get --update
Retrieving package data [file:///etc/apt/sources.list.d/salixrepo/deps/repo/]...Failed to download: Couldn't read a file:// file
Retrieving package data [file:///etc/apt/sources.list.d/salixrepo/deps/repo/extra/]...Failed to download: Couldn't read a file:// file
Retrieving package data [http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum list [http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum signature [http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/]...Cached
Verifying checksum signature [http://download.salixos.org/i486/slackware-13.1/]...No key for verification
Reading Package Lists...Done
Retrieving package data [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/testing/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/testing/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/testing/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum signature [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/testing/]...Cached
Verifying checksum signature [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/testing/]...No key for verification
Reading Package Lists...Done
Retrieving package data [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/pasture/]...Cached
Retrieving patch list [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/pasture/]...Done
Retrieving checksum list [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/pasture/]...Cached
Retrieving checksum signature [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/pasture/]...Cached
Verifying checksum signature [ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/pasture/]...No key for verification
Reading Package Lists...Done
Sources failed to download, correct sources and rerun --update
What is wrong or incorrect here, pray tell?
Last edited by SalmonEater on 9. Sep 2010, 17:52, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: "Failed to download: Couldn't read a file:// file"

Post by Polesz »

file:///

cat /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc

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# Home made packages.
# SOURCE=file:///var/www/packages/:CUSTOM
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SalmonEater
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Re: "Failed to download: Couldn't read a file:// file"

Post by SalmonEater »

Alright -- got that working properly . . . thanks, Polesz! (This was with XFCE)
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