aptitude update intermittent failure

[Jim Cheetham]

Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Is anyone else experiencing the same or similar intermittent
> problem that I am with 'aptitude update'? [see below]

Yes, I think so. There is a bug in progress on this problem.

You might be able to avoid it by checking your /etc/apt/sources.list 
file. I don't think it can be fixed from within aptitude ...

It sounds like you've uncommented the 'universe' sources (that's OK!) 
but those lines duplicated the 'main' and 'restricted' entries ...

You can either comment out the earlier entries (easiest) or delete the 
words 'main' and 'restricted' from the 'universe' lines ...

(You can edit this file by running a terminal, and entering the command
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
The nano editor puts its instructions on-screen, you exit by pressing 
control-X ... this then asks you if you want to save your changes)

After you have made the changes, you'll need to run 'apt-get update' 
again, and it should be happier. If so, please confirm to the list :-)

-jim