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unable to launch update manager [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list? Could not initialize the package information. An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package ...
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Why does my update manager always “fail to download package files”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release? I am using Ubuntu 11.04. Update Manager does not finish update since 'Applying Changes' does not finish ...
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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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unable to upgrade ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update? I'm using Ubuntu 11.04. But I'm unable to upgrade my system to Ubuntu 11.10. I ...
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Problems updating weather indicator

I can not update Weather Indicator with Update Manager. This is the terminal log: installArchives() failed: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale ...
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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 ...
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I can't check for updates [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA? After I installed some updates I restarted my computer. Some days later I wanted to check for updates because the ...
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Why does Updating force the user to download complete cache packages

Most of the time when I update my system, Update Manager downloads whole packages from the list. Even if the package only changes in a few lines. What I mean is, for a 4MB package that has only for ...
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How can i disable the update prompt?

How to disable the auto update dialog box shows every time while i am working? I have applied the following command yesterday but today still that is showing up. Is there any other way to permanently ...
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How to opt out of updates for a particular package? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to prevent updating of a specific package? How can I set the update-manager so that all files / packages related to Ubuntu One are no longer seen as required or ...
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'adobe-flashplugin conflicts with flashplugin-downloader' error while trying to install adobe-flashplugin

I'm having some hard time getting straight with my adobe flash plugin. $ sudo apt-get remove --purge adobe-flashplugin flashplugin* nspluginwrapper Reading package lists... Done Building dependency ...
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Can the update manager download only a single package at a time?

I need the update manager to only download a single package at a time and not try to download multiple packages at once. My slow internet cannot handle multiple connections; slows the download to a ...
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Why I got: Requires installation of untrusted packages [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Updates don't install because of “untrusted packages” I got "Requires installation of untrusted packages The action would require the installation of ...
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Updates don't install because of “untrusted packages” [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Update Error : Require Installation Of Untrusted Packages I have "darktable + extras" installed (I added their ppa repository to the sources manually). The extras ...