On 23/04/11 03:09, Timothy Pearson wrote: > What is the output of: > nslookup ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net > > and > nslookup ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net pearsoncomputing.net > > ? > > Thanks! > > Tim $ nslookup ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net Server: 208.67.222.222 Address: 208.67.222.222#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net Address: 74.84.118.181 $ nslookup ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net pearsoncomputing.net Server: pearsoncomputing.net Address: 74.84.118.180#53 Name: ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net Address: 74.84.118.181 Sorry, my mistake referring to "/var/apt/lists" earlier, the correct place is actually "/var/lib/apt/lists" and it is "rm -f /var/apt/lists/* I used to delete the maybe corrupt lists (they do get regenerated) I noticed also files in /var/apt/lists/partial (I deleteted them too) if that's of any relevance Now, apt-get update is successful on both the Wheezy and Squeeze installs, no more errors. Whatever you did, thanks Tim.