Author Topic: "ERROR : Failed to install and configure the base software" Are sources down??  (Read 4657 times)

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Tried the internet installation last night and got the below message- figured the server may be down for maintenance or whatever, but get the same error this AM.  Am on the internet- posting this from the same box.  Any ideas?   eth0 is my external...

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Err http://deb.linuxmce.org karmic/lmce-alpha-latest Packages
  404  Not Found
Err http://deb.linuxmce.org karmic/lmce-alpha-latest-updates Packages
  404  Not Found
Fetched 1B in 1s (1B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/dists/karmic/lmce-alpha-latest/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/dists/karmic/lmce-alpha-latest-updates/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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E: Couldn't find package pluto-dcerouter

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ERROR : Failed to install and configure the base software

merkur2k

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karmic? are you trying to use a 9.10 cd for the base install?

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Duh...   You're right.  Installed the wrong kubuntu.

Thanks

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no worries, you have successfully avoided a thwapping ;)