Subj : Re: Linux help
To   : All
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Sat Oct 04 2025 12:17 am

On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 17:33:26 +1300
"Avon" (21:1/101) <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I am trying to install bind9 on an older debian system I am running.
>
> Here's what I see
>
> [snip]
>
> sudo apt install bind9 bind9utils bind9-doc
> [sudo] password for avon:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following additional packages will be installed:
>   python3-ply
> Suggested packages:
>   resolvconf python-ply-doc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   bind9 bind9-doc bind9utils python3-ply
> 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Need to get 1,583 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 6,059 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> Ign:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 python3-ply all
> 3.11-3 Err:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64
> python3-ply all 3.11-3 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Err:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main
> amd64 bind 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Err:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main
> amd64 bind 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Ign:4 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main
> amd64 bind Err:4 http://security.debian.org/debian-security
> buster/updates/main amd64 bind 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> E: Failed to fetch
> http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/ply/python3-ply_3.1 E:
> Failed to fetch
> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main E:
> Failed to fetch
> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main E:
> Failed to fetch
> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main E:
> Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
> --fix-mi
>
> [snip]
>
> I don't know how to update settings in this OS so that I can at least
> pull down and install a version of bind
>
> Yep I'm aware the OS is old now but I don't want to try and do a
> major upgrade process at the moment, I just need to get the software
> installed and running.
>
> I did try the fix missing option and this is what it did
>
> [snip]
>
>  sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
> Ign:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates
> InRelease Err:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security
> buster/updates Release 404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Hit:3 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease
> Ign:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
> Hit:6 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease
> Ign:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
> Ign:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease
> Err:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Get:4 https://packages.element.io/debian default InRelease [3,618 B]
> Err:4 https://packages.element.io/debian default InRelease
>   The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG C2850B265AC085BD
> riot.im pac Err:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates Release
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Err:11 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports Release
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.166.132 80]
> Reading package lists... Done
> E: The repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security
> buster/updates Re N: Updating from such a repository can't be done
> securely, and is therefore dis N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for
> repository creation and user configuration det E: The repository
> 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release' no longer has a N:
> Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
> therefore dis N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation
> and user configuration det W: An error occurred during the signature
> verification. The repository is not u E: The repository
> 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates Release' no long N:
> Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
> therefore dis N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation
> and user configuration det E: The repository
> 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports Release' no lo N:
> Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
> therefore dis N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation
> and user configuration det
>
> [snip]
>
> Thanks for any help :)
>
> Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not
> going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz


Try

apt -y update && apt -y upgrade

This will make sure you have the latest packages and your system is
updated before attempting to update.

I also do apt -y autoremove to get rid of stuff that isn't need any
more.
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