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Apt Authentication Error at Update

Asked by gustavolinux

Folks, I'm having a problem with my system update... This message was shown to me at an automatic update made by apt at the system initialization... Could someone help me please?

My system is Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, but I think that anyone familiar with apt update process could help me...

I'm inside a company, behind a "transparent" squid proxy (I don't need to configure it)... We also have dansguard filtering some content...

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Apt Authentication Error

Problem during package list update. The package list update failed with a authentication failure. This usually happens behind a network proxy server. Please try to click on the "Run this action now" button to correct the problem or update the list manually by running Update Manager and clicking on "Check".

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thanxs and hugs

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Brent Plummer (brentplummer) said : 		#1

Have you tried this via command line? apt-get update then apt-get upgrade ?

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gustavolinux (gustavo-poll) said : 		#2

yes... some errors were dumped... I think the repository is overloaded...

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please copy and paste errors messages here...

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get autoremove

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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gustavolinux (gustavo-poll) said : 		#4

thanx by this procedure... i know it would be usefull... but i think my problem was the repository... used ftp.utexas.edu and the update was fine...

thanx again