apt-get error

[Michael Neuffer]

Tom Simons wrote:
> I'm trying to do another apt-get update/upgrade on my old Debian box,
> and I'm now getting the error listed below.  I've been doing
> update/upgrades for years, but I'm not really familiar with the
> process (mainly because it always worked).  Can anyone see what's
> wrong?
> 
> # apt-get check
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing wsjt (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList


Add this to your /etc/apt/apt.conf and the problem should go away:
APT::Cache-Limit 16777216;

Maybe you need to increase the value a bit more.


This happens when you have too many packet sources in your sources.list
I stumbled over it recently as well.

Cheers
   Mike