apt problems

[Bernd Radinger]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 11:55:00 -0600, Matt Selvidge <matts at pc-outlet.com> wrote:
> I have just recently started using Fedora core 3 and have been having
> problems doing the updates.  My friend suggested using apt and synaptic
> which he showed me and I like alot.  My problem is the copy that i
> downloaded seems to have a problem (or more likely I did it wrong) i got the
> program installed but when I run apt-get update it doesn't get the update
> files.  It doesnt seem to know where the correct repoitories are.  I did a
> little research on a forum and they suggested some files to edit and it will
> find some things now but I still cannot do core updates.  Am I forgetting a
> step or could there be another place to get the file from that would be a
> better version.  The file name is  "apt-0.5.15cnc6-11.i386.rpm".  I got it
> from "http://download.fedora.us/fedora/fedora/3/i386/rpms.extras/".  My
> friend has it installed and it works just fine but we dont know where he got
> his file from.  Any help would be appriciated because I am very new to linux
> but I like it and want to start using fedora all the time.
> 
> Thanks
> Matt

that's fedora extras you're using. add

  Apt::State::FirstRun "false";

to /etc/apt/apt.conf and add

  rpm http://download.fedora.us fedora/fedora/3/i386 os extras

to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fedora.list (create the file). then run
apt-get update and apt-get upgrade

-- 
Bernd