Problem install and updating

[davit]

I seem to be having a constant error with updating 9.10 server of a new install.

It keeps failing on sources list update on



root@mine:~# aptitude update
Writing extended state information...Done
..
..
..
Err http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Fetched 5,133kb in 8s (575kB/s)
Reading package list ... Done



I have tried a lot of different repositories,mirrors apt-get and aptitude and still having the bzip2 error. for over 2 days trying.

I also tried 8.04 LTS (server edition) from Ubuntu disk and this too has problems with finding internet packages.

[byStanderone]

...this might be a bit off topic, but may i know what app you used in downloading your ubuntu installers?

[davit]

I used ftp and torrent.

ON the 9.10 server attempt
I was able to install base system and openssh (no LAMP or other stuff)
I opened a ssh pipe from another box and tried update the server remotely.

I managed to getof all updates with error attempts

I tried a mix of US, NL and IE server mirrors

All were updated after a few tries but
except
universe packages

I have comment out the Sources line in /etc/apt/sources.list for
unverse packages

the apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
is ok

except I now unable to get
Webmin to install without

libnet-ssleay-perl

this I blieve relies on
universe packages (which I have comment out for now to trace the problem)

..
still trying