[PlanetCCRMA] error configurin apt/synaptic

Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Mon Mar 17 20:05:02 2003


[sorry for the delay, just got back from a trip to Germany]

> I installed the apt and synaptic apps according to the instructions
> (without error messages) but when I try to run it, it just displays:
> 
> "could not open RPM package list file
> /var/state/apt/lists/apt.freshrpms.net_redhat_8.0_en_i386_base_pkglist.os:
> (no error)
> 
> Problem opening
> /var/state/apt/lists/apt.freshrpms.net_redhat_8.0_en_i386_base_pkglist.os
> 
> The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. " 

Strange... are you running as root?
-- Fernando