Debian update errors

[Victor Odhner]

Hey, I thought Debian was the favorite on this list.  Maybe not . . .

Victor Odhner wrote:

> I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend.  I started with the full 
> version of
> KANOTIX-2005-03 (I just missed the release of 04).  This has gone very
> smoothly and I'm quite pleased with the results so far.
>
> I've run into two problems in trying to update the software, and since I
> have very little Debian experience I need some advice.
>
> When I did apt-get update, and again when I did apt-get install, I got
> warnings about indeces not found.  Apparently some were found,
> and the upgrade downloaded something like 19 MB of stuff.  The
> upgrade returned an error code (1).  The full output is posted at
> <http://members.cox.net/vodhner/upgrade.log>.
>
> My questions on this are:  (a) should I configure something so that the
> missing files or repositories will be found?  (b) did anything 
> actually get
> installed or upgraded?  (c) how do I complete or restart this update? 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Vic