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Hirulak

Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

Post by Hirulak »

I'm using linux mint 13 (mate) on my netbook. It worked fine and recently i tried to install an application through software manager and realized that its not longer working, Though I an a newbie, by experience I know some of those problems can resolved by updating. So I tried to update using

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sudo apt-get update

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hirulak@hirulak-AOD270 ~ $ sudo apt-get update
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but it does not seems working either. I googled and did everything they have asked to do but still they dont work. Sypnatic package manager does not work either.

Please help me through this
Thanks in advance
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Hirulak

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

Post by Hirulak »

nobody knows? :(
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Hirulak

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

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bump
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Hirulak

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

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dobbelyou

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

Post by dobbelyou »

pls post your sources.list here
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Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

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Hirulak wrote:

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hirulak@hirulak-AOD270 ~ $ sudo apt-get update
        
  Something wicked happened resolving 'downloads.sourceforge.net:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages                 
  Something wicked happened resolving 'archive.canonical.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Do this:

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sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.dud
sudo apt-get update
"There is, ultimately, only one truth -- cogito, ergo sum -- everything else is an assumption." - Me, my swansong.
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dobbelyou

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

Post by dobbelyou »

is this solved?
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PhysicsIsPhun

Re: Cannot update, software manager, synatic not working

Post by PhysicsIsPhun »

G'day,

I'm late into this discussion but I too found that my software update would simply fail to start after asking for authentication it would simply sit there and do nothing.

I tried the mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.dud and after the apt-get update it only showed me applications I had installed. I copied the fiies back again and ran update again and the problem is fixed. I'm not exactly sure which step is the magic one but at least everything is working again.

Cheers,
A.
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