[xubuntu-users] Package manager error

[Phil]

On 26/01/13 15:19, David Guerra wrote:
> Yes, it seems that server may not be responding to your request.
>
> Seems the typical fix is this:
>
> sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
> sudo apt-get update
>
> I'd backup that folder first before removing all those sources though.
> sudo cp /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists-backup
>

Thanks David,

The Internet was unavailable for almost two days for the whole state due 
to flooding but that wasn't the cause of my update problem. Removing the 
lists directory and updating again did solve the problem.

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Regards,
Phil