Please help I tried to install amarok thus:

chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
amarok-xine
Suggested packages:
libvisual-0.4-plugins konqueror www-browser libqt0-ruby1.8 amarok-engines
Recommended packages:
kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
The following NEW packages will be installed:
amarok amarok-xine
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.1MB/17.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 32.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
amarok-xine amarok
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main amarok 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu8~
dapper1
Bad header line [IP: 195.248.90.35 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb Bad he
ader line [IP: 195.248.90.35 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix
-missing?
chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$

So I then typed and got this:

chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok --fix-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
amarok-xine
Suggested packages:
libvisual-0.4-plugins konqueror www-browser libqt0-ruby1.8 amarok-engines
Recommended packages:
kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
The following NEW packages will be installed:
amarok amarok-xine
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.1MB/17.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 32.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main amarok 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu8~
dapper1
Bad header line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb Bad he
ader line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80]
chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$

Same error message. Is it me or the server thats the problem?

Thanks.

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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:55:59 +0200, ChrisC
<chrispche@nospam.googlemail.com> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

> Please help I tried to install amarok thus:

<...various apt messages...>

> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main amarok 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu
8~dapper1
> Bad header line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80]
> Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb Bad 
header line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80]
> chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$
>
> Same error message. Is it me or the server thats the problem?

It seems to be the server, or possibly the network connection. You're
receiving a "bad" HTTP header from the server.

The best I can suggest is to keep trying or use FTP instead of HTTP
(if there's an FTP repository). There are a few bug reports about this
type of problem, but the problem seems to go away after a while.

PJR :-)
--
xmas: A Mistletoe Avoidance System for X.

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ChrisC wisely stated:

> Please help I tried to install amarok thus:
>
> chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> amarok-xine
> Suggested packages:
> libvisual-0.4-plugins konqueror www-browser libqt0-ruby1.8 amarok-engines
> Recommended packages:
> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> amarok amarok-xine
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded.
> Need to get 17.1MB/17.2MB of archives.
> After unpacking 32.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> amarok-xine amarok
> Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main amarok
> 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu8~dapper1 Bad header line [IP: 195.248.90.35 80]
> Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb Bad
> header line [IP: 195.248.90.35 80] E: Unable to fetch some archives, m
aybe
> run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
> chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$
>
> So I then typed and got this:
>
> chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok --fix-missing
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> amarok-xine
> Suggested packages:
> libvisual-0.4-plugins konqueror www-browser libqt0-ruby1.8 amarok-engines
> Recommended packages:
> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> amarok amarok-xine
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 17.1MB/17.2MB of archives.
> After unpacking 32.3MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main amarok
> 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu8~dapper1 Bad header line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80]
> Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...pper1_i386.deb Bad
> header line [IP: 195.248.90.38 80] chrispche@chrispche-desktop:~$
>
> Same error message. Is it me or the server thats the problem?
>
> Thanks.

You should try "apt-get install -f" without any reference to a package.
You may want to do an "apt-get clean" and "apt-get update" first.
Happy new year!

Hans Poppe
Oslo, Norway
--
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be
glad of an opportunity to serve others with any invention of ours, and this
we should do freely and generously."
-- Benjamin Franklin

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Peter J Ross wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:55:59 +0200, ChrisC
> <chrispche@nospam.googlemail.com> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> 
>
> <...various apt messages...>
> 
>
> It seems to be the server, or possibly the network connection. You're
> receiving a "bad" HTTP header from the server.
>
> The best I can suggest is to keep trying or use FTP instead of HTTP
> (if there's an FTP repository). There are a few bug reports about this
> type of problem, but the problem seems to go away after a while.

How do I go about specifying FTP. I'm a n00b I'm afraid.

>
> PJR :-)
> --
> xmas: A Mistletoe Avoidance System for X.

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ChrisC wrote:
> Peter J Ross wrote: 
...[vbcol=seagreen] 
>
> How do I go about specifying FTP. I'm a n00b I'm afraid.

Make a copy of /etc/apt/source.list  "sudo cp /etc/apt/source.list
/etc/apt/source.list.bak"
Edit file /etc/apt/sources.list and change lines with a "http:" to
"ftp:"  "sudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list" or use any text exdior that
you like.
Then test if it works by doing "apt-get update"
If you dont get any errors, go on as before.

This error is communication error, and has nothing to do with apt-get
(exept apt-get can't download the package you want it to install).
You might want to install the other packages that are recomende.  Try
use aptitude instead of apt-get in your commands.

Lycka till.

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AJackson wrote:

> Make a copy of /etc/apt/source.list  "sudo cp /etc/apt/source.list
> /etc/apt/source.list.bak"
> Edit file /etc/apt/sources.list and change lines with a "http:" to
> "ftp:"  "sudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list" or use any text exdior that
> you like.
> Then test if it works by doing "apt-get update"
> If you dont get any errors, go on as before.
>
> This error is communication error, and has nothing to do with apt-get
> (exept apt-get can't download the package you want it to install).
> You might want to install the other packages that are recomende.  Try
> use aptitude instead of apt-get in your commands.
>
> Lycka till.

Actually I disabled ivp6 in the aliases file and this seems to have
solved 100% of all network problems including downloading Amarok.
Question is what have I done? Why was I advised to do this on another
forum. What is disabling ivp6 for and why is it enabled in the first
place?

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