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When I try to update elementary OS it gives me this error: software updater error

And in terminal it gives me this one: Terminal error

But if I then use apt-get upgrade, it installs all updates.

Is there a way to fix it?

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    please copy and paste the error information instead of screen shot =)
    – Ravan
    Oct 19, 2015 at 14:36
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    – Ravan
    Oct 19, 2015 at 14:43
  • my problem is Imposible obtener dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release No se pudo encontrar la entrada esperada «main/binary-i386/Packages» en el archivo Release (entrada incorrecta en sources.list o archivo mal formado)
    – user4615
    Mar 29, 2016 at 5:28

1 Answer 1

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Open terminal and run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

This should solve your problem.


General solution:

Failed to download repository information
Check your Internet connection.


  1. Open terminal and run sudo apt-get update then identify the errors.

    Once identified root cause of this update error, the next step is to remove them from the list of software sources.

    Use software&Updates or /etc/apt/sources.list if you identified PPA.

  2. One line solution:

    Open terminal and run:

    sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 
    sudo apt-get update
    

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