Subj : Linux help To : All From : Avon Date : Sat Oct 04 2025 17:33:26 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 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64) * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) .