Thanks Piet & Johannes for the backports. There seems to be a problem with the files for the amd64 architecture getting out. Here is my apt-get update Get:1 http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au etch-cran/ Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au etch-cran/ Release Ign http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au etch-cran/ Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au etch-cran/ Packages Get:2 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release.gpg [394B] Get:3 http://ftp.au.debian.org testing Release.gpg [197B] Get:4 http://ftp.au.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [197B] Hit http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au etch-cran/ Packages Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release Get:5 http://ftp.au.debian.org testing Release [78.3kB] Get:6 http://ftp.au.debian.org unstable Release [94.4kB] Then my apt-get upgrade complains about: Failed to fetch http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/debian/etch-cran/r-base-core_2.9.0-1~etchcran.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/debian/etch-cran/r-cran-rodbc_1.2.5-1~etchcran.2.9.0_amd64.deb 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://cran.ms.unimelb.edu.au/bin/linux/debian/etch-cran/r-mathlib_2.9.0-1~etchcran.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? The files described don't seem to be on cran.r-project.org either. wget http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/etch-cran/r-base-core_2.9.0-1~etchcran.1_amd64.deb --16:37:58-- http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/etch-cran/r-base-core_2.9.0-1~etchcran.1_amd64.deb => `r-base-core_2.9.0-1~etchcran.1_amd64.deb' Resolving proxy.newcastle.edu.au... 134.148.5.53 Connecting to proxy.newcastle.edu.au|134.148.5.53|:8080... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 16:37:59 ERROR 404: Not Found. Relevant lines from etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable,l=Debian-Security Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release o=CRAN Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 20 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 10 Package: * Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages Pin-Priority: 50
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