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chromium-browser package

Install problems

Asked by COKEDUDE

Can someone please tell me why I keep getting this message when I try to install chromium? I have internet connectivity so I don't understand what the problem is.

Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser-inspector_7.0.517.41~r62167-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.37 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_7.0.517.41~r62167-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.37 80]

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
sudo aptitude clean
sudo aptitude autoclean
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude install -f
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

If you go to the following URL

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/

you will notice that it is normal to get a 404 (file not found) error.

That link will only display versions 5, version 6 and version 8 of the chromium-browser.

Version 7 is NOT in the list at that URL.

First exit from all package managers. Make sure no application is open.

Then try running the following command first:

sudo apt-get update

Then run the following command:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

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COKEDUDE (cokedude) said : 		#3

Thank you to both of you. I tried Mark's way and it worked. Could you please explain why what you said worked? Why couldn't I just install it normally?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Because your package manager had an out-of-date list of packages in your PC's locally cached package list.

Running the command "sudo apt-get update" refreshes the list of available packages.

Can you please set this thread to status 'solved'?

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COKEDUDE (cokedude) said : 		#5

Done. Thank you for the help. Sorry for the late response.

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COKEDUDE (cokedude) said : 		#6

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.