Thanks, we are up and running again!

Okay - Can we stop now? Going back and forth isn’t healthy.

Why apt-get over apt

Okay, the question stemmed from a Raspberry Pi 3b+ running DietPi. I’m not going to elude that I know how much is or isn’t available in this system, but it’s stripped pretty well from the bits I have read.

It’s what the DietPi Updater used. It isn’t my typing the command ad hoc. So - you can quit the beatings as they aren’t going to help me any.

On my NC instance running 18.04 - I use sudo apt update. So,.. there is that.

apt install man
Could I install this? Yep - you guessed it, - I can. Do I want to, I’m not certain. Will I, again, I’m not certain.

Now - here is a cup of coffee for both you. This topic is closed.

@matteo-nunziati
That is interesting, ftp works but not http
He could try changing apt to use ftp instead of http in sources.list

Trusty full sources.list only difference is I get the mx repos

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://mx.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party ## developers who want to ship their latest software. deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main