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How to update the source of my linux mint system

i couldn't be able to install any softwear through terminl and Softwear Menager..... i think it is because of lacking in source update ... please holp me

Which release of Mint are you using? The latest is 17. Maybe yours is out of date, and no longer supported.

Not really familiar with Mint. But generally on Linux based systems it's the following:

Code:

apt-get update

apt-get dist-upgrade

Use either root or sudo (IE, add the word "sudo" before the commands above) to make the commands work.

You can also try Synaptic instead of apt-get.

The other thing you may wish to do is check your sources.list. This is generally located in /etc/apt/sources.list. If it's not located there, you can find it by doing a search (IE, "locate sources.list" --> may need to run "updatedb" first).

Good luck.