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 Installing packages without having a network connection is described [[Distrib/DebianAptOffline]].
 
+### <a name="Setup_apt_get"> Setup apt-get </a>
+
+Sometimes getting apt-get to work is not straightforward. Good mirrors to put in `/etc/apt/sources.list` are (as of Jan 2007):
+
+    deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib
+    deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib
+    deb http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian unreleased main
+    deb-src http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian unreleased main
+
+apt-get update a couple of times if some file fails to download.
+
+If when doing your first apt-get, dpkg complains of missing programs, [try to cheat it this way](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/1999/05/msg00187.html):
+
+    # ln -s /sbin/ldconfig /bin/ldconfig
+    # ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-rc.d
+    # ln -s /bin/true /bin/start-stop-daemon
+    # ln -s /bin/true /bin/install-info
+    # ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-alternatives
+
 ### <a name="_Hurd_RandomDevice_Setup_random_"> </a> [[Hurd/RandomDevice]]
 
 You often need scp and ssh. Sadly the Debian GNU/Hurd does not come with any default random package installed. See [[Hurd/RandomDevice]] for details, the following is just a quick recap.