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how to resolve index files error on 13.04
I just installed 13.04 and now trying to install apache web server but it keeps returning an error that says unable to fetch some archives. When I run sudo apt-get update, I get this:
W: Failed to ...
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2answers
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system dont get updates
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't get any updates.
For more than two weeks, whenever I try to check for updates manually it doesn't show any updates in the update manager. Then I tried via terminal ...
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Software Center / Update Manager / software sources not working [duplicate]
I am unable to upgrade to Uubuntu 13.04
When I run Update Manager, this message appears
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header,
E:Problem with MergeList ...
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1answer
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Updating problems Ubuntu 12.10
Whenever I try to update my computer by opening the Update Manager I get this problem and it just closes. Can someone help me?
W:GPG error: http:/packages.medibuntu.org quantal InRelease: The ...
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how can i fix that FAILED TO DOWNLOAD REPOSITORY INFORMATION when upgrading [duplicate]
When upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, always see that.
How can i fix that? No problem with the internet.
That's details
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Upgrading my siystem from 12.10 to 13.04 [duplicate]
I've been trying to upgrade my system since a while and all the only thing that I get from the Software Update Manager is
W: Failed to fetch ...
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2answers
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How to reduce the size of apt-get update list on a Development Release once it has been released as Stable?
I have been using the development version of 13.04 since early March. In development release, the general behavior of running the sudo apt-get update command is to download the list files completely ...
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1answer
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Synaptic Manager not working <Lubuntu 12.10> [closed]
Info:
E: Malformed line 58 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, ...
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1answer
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Unable to update or install program in any way
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed, since about 1 month ago i can't install any program from software center, or synaptic or terminal, and also i can not update my installed software. Here is a screenshot ...
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Cannot upgrade in Kubuntu 12.10
I am running Kubuntu 12,10 and, after not having used my computer for a long period of time, want to update and upgrade it as soon as possible. However, when I first tried to update via the graphical ...
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1answer
388 views
Errors when running apt-get update?
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error)
W: Failed to fetch ...
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update manager keeps crashing but apt-get and aptitude is working
Since December last year i already got problems with the update manager it keeps crashing right from starting it, i already sended the crash report multiple times and searching the internet and this ...
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1answer
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apt-get has a error [duplicate]
when I use:
sudo apt-get upgrade
I get this Error:
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or ...
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The update information is outdated: Grumbel PPA [duplicate]
The red warning triangle has reared its ugly head in the corner of my screen. It says:
The Update information is outdated. This may be cause my network
problems or by a repository that is no ...
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1answer
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I can not updated my ubuntu 12.04 Failed to fetch 403 “Two Host Req Hdr”
I have a problem these days, I can not update system. Every time I try sudo apt-get update the answer is:
Failed to fetch
403 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources
Two ...
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apt-get update error “E: Encountered a section with no Package: header” [duplicate]
Running Ubuntu 13.10
While trying to apt-get update I get the following error:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList ...
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2answers
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Force Ubuntu to only download updates form canonical.com mirrors
How do I force a Ubuntu machine to only download updates from official canonical.com mirrors? Right now it sometimes downloads from non canonical mirrors, which get flagged in our network monitoring ...
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Why does Ubuntu Software Center close automatically after starting? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list?
When I click on "software center", it opens and automatically closes after a few seconds.
I get the following ...
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2answers
246 views
What is the command line equivalent for the update manager?
When I do
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Sometimes the Ubuntu GUI Update Manager will still have some items left. e.g. “Complete Generic Linuux kernel”.
I know there's also sudo apt-get ...
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2answers
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“Unmet Dependencies” problem when trying apt-get install
Anytime I try to install python packages using the command:
sudo apt-get install python-package
I get the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
0
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1answer
869 views
Why do I get: Failed to download repository information! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
So I am getting this error when I try to run the system updater:
Failed to download repository information
Check you internet ...
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0answers
310 views
Update manager - Failed to load package list [closed]
Come to do some updates in 12.10 today and get the error
E:Malformed Description-md5 line; includes invalid character 'd72e12fa21290d21a54b'4e8480abad1', E:Malformed Description-md5 line; includes ...
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1answer
161 views
Can't open Software Center or Update Manager
When I try to (not from terminal) the following error message opens up:
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the ...
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0answers
228 views
How do I fix update-manager exception crash? [closed]
For some reason, maybe because of a manual shutdown of my computer, update manager has stopped working.
When I hit the "Update" button, the program freezes, turns grey, and I get a "Report a problem" ...
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12.10 will not update via apt-get update or update manager
Here are the specific log notes: http://pastebin.com/vigsZUZK
I checked the repository myself and there is no independent component but I do not know what needs to be changed if I can be answered ...
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1answer
96 views
update-manager fails on MergeList error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
Update manager doesn't want to run because of the error given below. The happens when trying ...
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1answer
46 views
How do I get update manager to update only specific packages from a source?
I recently added the XOrg-Edgers source in order to get the latest beta NVidia proprietary drivers.
http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu
However, the update manager looks at this source ...
0
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1answer
229 views
Strange error when trying to update my system [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”?
I try to do sudo apt-get update and I get the following error message:
W: GPG error: http://www.openprinting.org lsb3.2 ...
0
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1answer
319 views
I am having trouble updating in ubuntu 12.10 64-bit?
when I run sudo apt-get upgrade:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise/partner amd64 Packages ...
2
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0answers
27 views
apt-get update failed to fetch server [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Trouble downloading updates due to “Hash sum mismatch” error
Everytime when I do sudo apt-get update, i get always this error:
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com ...
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Update problem : hash mismatch [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Trouble downloading updates due to “Hash sum mismatch” error
root@Inspiron:~# sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release ...
0
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1answer
341 views
problem in software updater [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
I got error in update-manager
W:Failed to fetch
...
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0answers
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Problem in apt-get [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
I had installed Skype in mu system and now I got problem in apt-get there are warning a error is some thing like this.
W: Failed ...
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0answers
624 views
Unable to install rubygems on ubuntu
When i try to execute sudo apt-get install rubygems i get the following response
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages ...
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1answer
81 views
I can't load update manager [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
I cannot open update manger. I get an error message:
E:Encountered a section with no Package: ...
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2answers
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Solving the Ubuntu 12.04 Update Error: (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Problem Description:
Each time i try to download the updates for my operating system (Ubuntu 12.04) i get the following list of error messages:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Can't update packages or use Ubuntu Software Center (E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
I get the following errors when trying to run the auto Update Manager
Could not ...
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0answers
280 views
apt-get update not working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Not able to update using terminal.
Error message:
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net ...
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0answers
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A problem in my update manager and in my software center [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
The output of an sudo apt-get update is :
[Fetched 1,361 kB in 3s (429 kB/s)
...
3
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1answer
160 views
Mismatch of packages to be updated between Update Manager (gui) and apt-get(cli)
I noticed my system acting weird today. While the update manager (gui application) states that there are 14 updates selected, and 52 Mb will be downloaded, the apt-get upgrade command only informs me ...
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0answers
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MergeList error when updating 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
I have this error in updating ubuntu 12.04
E:Encountered a section with no ...
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1answer
79 views
Between SynPackManager, Update Manager, and apt-get, which is the healthiest for my system?
I've been bouncing a lot between a few different update methods to see which I prefer the most, and I was wondering which of these is the 'healthiest' for the system, or what your preferred update ...
0
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1answer
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I haven't been prompted for updates in past 4 days, Why?
I'm running 64 bit version of Ubuntu but I haven't received updates from the repositories since past 4-5 days. Checking the updates manually is taking 5-10 seconds to download the entire repositories ...
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3answers
783 views
Difference between Update Manager and apt-get dist-upgrade
Is the Update Manager (or Software Updater) the frontend of apt-get dist-upgrade?
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Errors In Update Manager, apt-get in 12.04
I am new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I attempted to install 12.04 on an external HDD using this tutorial, but for reasons I will skip for now, it didn't work. So I installed 12.04 onto a ...
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Cannot update relevant files aren't being downloaded
I'm trying to use certain softwares using Ubuntu Software Centre. The small ones say ( < 3mb ) are being downloaded but the bigger ones don't even start (stuck at 0%)...when i try to update using ...
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0answers
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How to fix “The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
The following error occurs when I start my Update Manager:
E:Encountered a ...
2
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0answers
161 views
how can i solve this problem in error during update? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix “malformed line” errors in sources.list?
I received this error message during an update and I do not know how to solve?
could not initialize the package ...
3
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3answers
823 views
Why does Update Manager give me a 404 error with these Google repositories?
I have a red warning sign in my toolbar. When I click on it, it asks me to check for updates. When I check for updates, I get this:
W:Failed to fetch ...
1
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1answer
106 views
Why does Update Manager give me a `Type not known' error with a PPA?
I got this message when I was using Update Manager:
E:Type 'ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu'
is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d
...
