On Fri, October 24, 2008 10:21 am, Bart Trojanowski 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? apt-get works now. I did dpg -l and I'm reinstalling everything.