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7.10 update error

Asked by Patrick Reynolds

The following Error message received during update at stage "Modifing the software channels":-

Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

I have checked my network connection & re-tried several times as advised with the message.

Have checked in /etc/apt/sources.list & the path listed in the error message does not appear there.Am unsure if it should do.

Hope you can advise me.

Thanks Patrick Reynolds

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Patrick Reynolds (patrickj-reynolds) said : 		#1

I have now resolved this issue myself.

Modified file /etc/apt/sources.list by changing http to ftp in 4 places in security section.

At command line enter

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Then edit to give

# Security
deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security restricted main universe #Added by software-properties
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security universe

deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

Save the file and then upgrade to 7.10

I now have fully functional Gutsy 7.10

Hope this is of some help to others.

Pat