Ubuntu Update Manager not working – Failed to download repository information

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If your Ubuntu update manager is not working and you get the following message:
“Failed to download repository information”
run the following commands below below:

sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

Published by Thys Michels

Cloud Architect - Salesforce and everything related

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One thought on “Ubuntu Update Manager not working – Failed to download repository information”

  1. Hi
    i tried what you have given but it doesn’t work in my Ubuntu 12.04.
    can you give any other alternative way to update ubuntu.

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