Debian 8.2 apt-get update error

Hello,

I have a clean install with debian 8.2 when I run the update command I get a error can not execute binary file.

clint@debian8:~$ su root apt-get updates
Password:
/usr/bin/apt-get: /usr/bin/apt-get: cannot execute binary file
clint@debian8:~$

I'm relatively new with linux and this is my first debian install.

Regards,

Clint

Replies (3)

believe it is the following

Reply 1 2015-10-14

believe it is the following syntax

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

Out of interest

Reply 2 2015-11-07

Were you using TurnKey Linux? Or a Debian system from somewhere else? If it was TurnKey then by default it only includes a root account (from which apt-get should work fine OOTB).

Tony, Thanks for the reply

Reply 3 2015-11-03

Tony, Thanks for the reply that's what one would think. Turned out apt-get wasn't either installed or the rights weren't given to my user account. I had many other issues so I ended up installing a different variant. Clint