[Linux-disciples] apt-get with a flaky internet connection.

[Karl Sokol]

Thanks,  I think that did it (after adding a ';' to the end of the line
after the '20').

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org>
wrote:

> I think maybe Acquire::Retries
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/5/apt.conf
>
> Add APT::Acquire::Retries=20 to /etc/apt/apt.conf.
>
> Karl Sokol wrote, on 4/25/2008 9:23 AM:
> > Hey all, it's been a while,
> >
> > I am trying to upgrade my computer with "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".
> > Unfortunately, I have an internet connection that comes and goes.  After
> > a certain amount of time-out errors ...
> >
> > e.g. "Failed to fetch
> >
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jakarta-log4j1.2/liblog4j1.2-java_1.2.13-4_all.deb
> > Could not connect to archive.ubuntu.com:80
> > <http://archive.ubuntu.com:80> (91.189.92.3 <http://91.189.92.3>),
> > connection timed out [IP: 91.189.92.3 <http://91.189.92.3> 80]
> > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
> > --fix-missing?"
> >
> > ... the upgrade fails and kicks me to the command prompt.  Is there a
> > "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again" option?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grace and Peace,
> >
> > Karl Sokol
> >
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