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I just Installed Ubuntu 12.10 via CD in offline mode and now I am unable to download anything from the software centre.

An error dialogue pops up saying

Failed to download repositories information, check internet connection

I have tried my best following myriad number of instructions and commands,as I can see that the question has been asked several times, but till now all in vain. I even tried re installing. I tried the commands sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade, it runs and shows

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Also it shows "use this source" instead of install button.

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You're using an outdated version on Ubuntu. Install Ubuntu 14.04 instead, and everything will work. Ubuntu 12.10 is not a LTS version, so questions about it really are solved by upgrading to 14.04 (the current LTS - Long Term Support - version).

The problem is that the repos have been removed from the apt-get master list server side, so what apt-get is looking for doesn't exist anymore. Really, your best bet is to upgrade to 14.04, or 15.04 if you want a more recent (and less buggy for some GPUs) version.

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