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apt-get Size Mismatch Error

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  • Started 3 months ago by thesilentman
  • Latest reply from vistamike
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thesilentman
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I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit, and I've run into an interesting problem. I can't download anything through the Software Center or apt. Going through the Software Center, I get a "package is not available on this mirror" error. I've tried changing mirrors so many times, I've forgotten how many times I changed them. I then tried to install Xfce through apt and it gives me a size mismatch error. Any ideas on what could be the issue?

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vistamike
vistamike
Posts: 10945

In terminal type;

sudo aptitude clean

(rtn)

Then;

sudo aptitude update

(rtn)

close, restart Linux

Does that help?

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thesilentman
Posts: 14

@vistamike
It seems to have worked. I've run clean and update multiple times just to make sure. I'll double check to make sure it worked, before it gives me another error (currently downloading KDE).

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vistamike
vistamike
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oh dear, get one the first one working first........

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