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Samuelfcampbell 08-23-2014 08:35 PM

Having truoble installing downloads - Software Index is broken
 
This is a major failure of your softweasre management system. Please check for broken packatges withn synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/ sources.list' and reload trhe software information with "sudo apt-get update' and sudo apt-get instal -f'.

The Geti Installer dosent seem to be able to load this is happining with the Google Chrome stable current i38g (1).deb

I also tried to download the free game Diablo-III-Setup-enUS.app with the same message keeps poping up! Any assistance would be appriciated
~ Samuel

Samuelfcampbell 08-23-2014 08:47 PM

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My Fingers are crossed!

EDDY1 08-23-2014 09:29 PM

Post your /etc/apt/sources.list maybe someone will be able to help.

frankbell 08-23-2014 09:33 PM

In a terminal, try running

Code:

sudo apt-get clean

Samuelfcampbell 08-23-2014 10:27 PM

Having Trouble installing downlods - Software Index is broken
 
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:DHear is my treminal results for code: apt-get clean

samuel@samuel-Latitude-D630 ~ $ sudo apt-get clean

[sudo] password for samuel:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for samuel:

samuel@samuel-Latitude-D630 ~ $ sudo apt-get clean
samuel@samuel-Latitude-D630 ~ $

The package installer still will not load?

Then I went to you tube and searched for simular topics and found these codes:

How to fix this problem:
1. Open terminal

2. Enter the following commands one by one:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update

3. Done!


Now I have Skype and Google Chrome installed.

Oh Happy Day!

EDDY1 08-23-2014 10:28 PM

Did you run
Quote:

sudo apt-get update

frankbell 08-24-2014 08:37 PM

Thanks for sharing you solution, Samuelfcampbell. It may help someone down the road.


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