[PLUG] Ubuntu update problem

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Sat Oct 19 07:13:49 UTC 2013


On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:52:42 -0700
jim karlock <jjkarlock at gmail.com> dijo:

>I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
>When I start the update it gets a list of 51 updates.
>When I select install updates it starts then reports "failed to 
>download package files"
>This happened from Comcast tonight and a few days age. Tonight I also 
>tried Clear Wireless with the same result.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

Probably the issue is the server. Sometimes the server can be offline.
I suggest waiting a day or so and trying again.

If that does not resolve the issue, then go into Software Sources and
check what server you are set to. I believe the default is the server
for the US, but it may be "Main" or some other server. Whatever it is,
set it to use a different server.

And while you're at it, there is an option to find out which server is
the fastest. Try it out and you may find that your current server is
not the fastest. Having said that, in the past I have set it to what
appeared to be a faster server only to discover that not all servers
mirror every single package, so sometimes stuff will be missing.



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