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After entering: apt-get install python3-pip on bash for my Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B) I get this output (linky).

I've tried the usual dance of apt-get install -f, apt-get update and apt-get upgrade to no avail. My device can access the outside world (ie - can ping google.com).

It's a freshly installed Raspbian image downloaded from the website, and all that I have done since getting it configured is to create a new user.

Any suggestions on how to proceed from here?

EDIT: wget http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/e/expat/libexpat1-dev_2.1.‌​0-1+deb7u1_armhf.deb yields:

--2015-06-10 14:08:43--  http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/e/expat/libexpat1-dev_2.1.%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8B0-1+deb7u1_armhf.deb
Resolving mirrordirector.raspbian.org (mirrordirector.raspbian.org)... 5.153.225.207, 2001:41c9:1:3ce::11
Connecting to mirrordirector.raspbian.org (mirrordirector.raspbian.org)|5.153.225.207|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2015-06-10 14:08:43 ERROR 404: Not Found.

--2015-06-10 14:08:43--  http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/e/expat/libexpat1-dev_2.1.%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8B0-1+deb7u1_armhf.deb
Reusing existing connection to mirrordirector.raspbian.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2015-06-10 14:08:43 ERROR 404: Not Found.
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  • What happens if you try wget http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/e/expat/libexpat1-dev_2.1.0-1+deb7u1_armhf.deb, or point a browser to mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/e/expat?
    – goldilocks ♦
    Jun 10, 2015 at 14:06
  • updated question. Reckon it's a DNS problem?
    – OldTinfoil
    Jun 10, 2015 at 14:11
  • No, wget says "unable to resolve host address" in that case. If you're working on another computer in the same location, you could try navigating to http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/ (it is WWW browsable) to see if that works.
    – goldilocks ♦
    Jun 10, 2015 at 14:37
  • Yeah - I tried it on my desktop (same network) and it resolves fine.
    – OldTinfoil
    Jun 10, 2015 at 14:38

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For some reason, I couldn't resolve the default mirror's repositories. I added the University of Oxford's mirror (list of all Raspbian mirrors) to my /etc/apt/sources.list.

For the folks who may follow, my sources.list file now looks as follows:

# Original mirror
#deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi

# Oxford University mirror
deb http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.raspbian.org/archive/raspbian wheezy main contrib non-free rpi


# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
deb-src http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/ wheezy main contrib non-free rpi
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    I had this, the weekend I got my first RPi, and I thought (I had a) "broken RPi"! Turns out that the mirrordirector.raspbian.org is a URL that gets resolved into a URL for a mirror that is deemed "most suitable" for the particular caller. However if that system is not working for any reason then you get "404" errors and no packages - even if there ARE mirrors up and ready to supply all you want in the way of RPi packages. Having a known good mirror for your own geo-location as a standby in the /etc/apt/sources.list (or in a file in ./sources.list.d/ sub-dir) is a good fall-back!
    – SlySven
    Jan 24, 2016 at 2:56
  • This example is for wheezy I was able to successfully use it to download jessie by replacing each instance of wheezy with jessie. Thanks for the helpful example.
    – JulianHarty
    Apr 3, 2016 at 13:59

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