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E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing

Asked by Surut

hi there,

when i run the command " sudo get-apt update" i recieve error "E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing".
what i have done here is that by mistake i have deleted the "/var/cache/apt/archives/partial" from the system while trying to remove the downloaded packages which i got via " sudo apt-get install" is there any way i can correct this problem.

thanks a lot

surut

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Best Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

First of all, to clean your cache just use this command:

sudo apt-get clean

This will avoid this kind of problems in the future.

Lets try to solve this by remaking the missing directory:

sudo mkdir -m755 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial

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Surut (surut-shah) said : 		#2

Thanks Cesare Tirabassi, that solved my question.

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Tina Russell (tinarussell) said : 		#3

Thanks! I made the same mistake, and this saved me.