Did you do an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' after changing the sources? Not sure if this is still required but I remember having to do it when changing releases around the Potato days. Cheers, Mark On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:21:11 -0400, Bart Trojanowski <bart-oclug [ at ] jukie [ dot ] net> wrote: > * James <bjlockie [ at ] lockie [ dot ] ca> [081024 10:14]: >> On Fri, October 24, 2008 10:07 am, Bart Trojanowski wrote: >> > Let's start with this: >> > >> > >> > what does your /etc/apt/sources.list look like? >> >> I replaced: >> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sarge main >> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main >> >> with: >> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free >> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > > Hmm, sarge -> etch upgrades used to work really well. > >> >> apt-get is broken and I installed >> >> >> >> gnupg_1.4.6-2_i386.deb with dpkg. >> >> >> >> Could not execute '/usr/bin/gpgv' to verify signature (is gnupg >> >> installed?) > > Does apt work upto the point of key verification? > > If yes, you could remove the trust check by copying /bin/true to > /usr/bin/gpgv.... clearly you're removing any mirror/package validation > if you do so. > > If no, what does apt-get install -f print? > > -Bart > >