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Synaptic Package Manager has trouble downloading certain packages

Asked by Bob Konecny

I have Ubuntu server 10.10 installed in a VMWare virtual machine. The machine is sitting behind a corporate firewall, and I have it configured to connect to the outside world via cntlm. For the most part this works fine. I'm able to browse the web and I can use apt-get install (or the Ubuntu software center if I'm feeling graphical) to install and update packages. The problem is on certain packages (sun-java6-bin being the most recent one) the package manager has trouble. It will download the entire package, but never actually completes the download. After some amount of time it tries again and the same thing happens. It will continue this for hours/days (I ran it over the weekend once) until I cancel. This causes me no end of trouble when I'm trying to install updates. In order to install the software in the first place, I manually downloaded the deb packages and unpacked them locally. This doesn't work well for updates, mainly because (as a relative newb) I don't know where the update manager stores the packages. However, I'd like to solve the problem once and for all so I don't have to manually intervene if possible. It seems like a timeout issue, but I can't find where to change timeout settings to allow the downloads to finish. And as I mentioned, it isn't always obvious which packages will give me a problem and which won't. (My last update I downloaded 140 of 180 MB worth of updates before choking on the java6 update). Has anyone else had this problem? I've tried searching through the forums but I can't find anything related to this. I'd appreciate any help someone could offer.

Thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Thanks

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Bob Konecny (robert-konecny) said : 		#2

So, here is the result of the apt-get update:

Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,092B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Fetched 2,636B in 16s (164B/s)
Reading package lists...

The result of the apt-get upgrade shows the problem to which I am referring. You'll see it repeatedly attempt to get the sun-java6-bin package. What you can't see from the log is that it downloads all 30 MB, but the download never finishes. It pauses for some amount of time then retries ad infinitum:
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-pae
  linux-image-generic-pae
The following packages will be upgraded:
  adobe-flashplugin apparmor apparmor-utils apport apport-gtk aptdaemon
  bash-completion bind9-host brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common bsdutils
  computer-janitor computer-janitor-gtk dbus dbus-x11 dnsutils emacs23
  emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common empathy empathy-common evolution
  evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
  evolution-plugins fuse-utils google-chrome-stable hpijs hplip hplip-data
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao indicator-sound jockey-common jockey-gtk
  libapparmor-perl libapparmor1 libbind9-60 libblkid1 libbrasero-media1
  libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcamel1.2-14 libdbus-1-3 libdns66
  libebackend1.2-0 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2
  libedata-cal1.2-7 libedataserver1.2-13 libedataserverui1.2-8
  libegroupwise1.2-13 libevolution libfuse2 libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1
  libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libgssapi-krb5-2 libhpmud0 libisc60 libisccc60
  libisccfg60 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblwres60
  libnautilus-extension1 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libparted0debian1
  libpq5 libsane-hpaio libservlet2.5-java libsmbclient libssl0.9.8 libuuid1
  linux-firmware linux-libc-dev login media-player-info mount nautilus
  nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy nvidia-96-modaliases
  openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre-lib openoffice.org-base-core
  openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core
  openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-gnome
  openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-math
  openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer
  openssh-client openssh-server openssl parted passwd postgresql
  postgresql-8.4 postgresql-client postgresql-client-8.4 postgresql-contrib
  postgresql-contrib-8.4 postgresql-doc postgresql-doc-8.4 python-apport
  python-apt python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-problem-report
  python-uno rhythmbox rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder rhythmbox-plugins
  samba-common-bin ssh-askpass-gnome sudo sun-java6-bin sun-java6-demo
  sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin tar telepathy-gabble
  ttf-opensymbol ttf-ubuntu-font-family tzdata tzdata-java ubuntu-docs
  uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core upstart ure util-linux
  uuid-runtime xdg-utils xkb-data xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev
154 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.3MB/308MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,689kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:8 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:10 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:13 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:14 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try:

sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Should be fine

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Bob Konecny (robert-konecny) said : 		#4

Thanks for the suggestion, but it isn't fine. I'm not an expert, but doesn't the apt-get clean just delete all the packages that were downloaded during my previous attempt at an upgrade?

I tried running the commands as you suggested, and I'm having the exact problem that I mentioned above. As you can see from the log, the upgrade downloads a lot of packages, but gets stuck on both sun-java6-bin and openjdk-6-jre-headless packages. Like I said in a previous post (you can't see it from the log, but), the progress shows that the correct number of bytes are being downloaded (30.0MB for sun-java6-bin and 27.4MB for openjdk-6-jre-headless), but for some reason after a delay update retries the download. This happens over and over again (as you can see from the log). That's why I believe the problem is some sort of timeout, although I don't understand enough of the inner workings of the update command to know if that is the problem or not. It may also have something to do with the size of the packages, as they are the largest packages in the update (so far). I understand these archive connections can be flaky, but what's frustrating is that if the problem were a simple dropped connection I would expect it to be random how many bytes were downloaded before the connection dropped and the update retried. In this case, it always shows that the connection downloads all the necessary bytes, but for some reason it can't finish and ends up retrying. I'm able to manually download the packages, albeit with a somewhat lengthy delay (probably more than a minute) after the progress shows all the bytes were downloaded. Anyway here is the output from running the apt-get clean and apt-get upgrade commands:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-pae
  linux-image-generic-pae
The following packages will be upgraded:
  adobe-flashplugin apparmor apparmor-utils apport apport-gtk aptdaemon
  bash-completion bind9-host brasero brasero-cdrkit brasero-common bsdutils
  computer-janitor computer-janitor-gtk dbus dbus-x11 dnsutils emacs23
  emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common empathy empathy-common evolution
  evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
  evolution-plugins fuse-utils google-chrome-stable hpijs hplip hplip-data
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao indicator-sound jockey-common jockey-gtk
  libapparmor-perl libapparmor1 libbind9-60 libblkid1 libbrasero-media1
  libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libcamel1.2-14 libdbus-1-3 libdns66
  libebackend1.2-0 libebook1.2-9 libecal1.2-7 libedata-book1.2-2
  libedata-cal1.2-7 libedataserver1.2-13 libedataserverui1.2-8
  libegroupwise1.2-13 libevolution libfuse2 libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1
  libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libgssapi-krb5-2 libhpmud0 libisc60 libisccc60
  libisccfg60 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblwres60
  libnautilus-extension1 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libparted0debian1
  libpq5 libsane-hpaio libservlet2.5-java libsmbclient libssl0.9.8 libuuid1
  linux-firmware linux-libc-dev login media-player-info mount nautilus
  nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy nvidia-96-modaliases
  openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jre-lib openoffice.org-base-core
  openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core
  openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-gnome
  openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-math
  openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer
  openssh-client openssh-server openssl parted passwd postgresql
  postgresql-8.4 postgresql-client postgresql-client-8.4 postgresql-contrib
  postgresql-contrib-8.4 postgresql-doc postgresql-doc-8.4 python-apport
  python-apt python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk python-problem-report
  python-uno rhythmbox rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder rhythmbox-plugins
  samba-common-bin ssh-askpass-gnome sudo sun-java6-bin sun-java6-demo
  sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin tar telepathy-gabble
  ttf-opensymbol ttf-ubuntu-font-family tzdata tzdata-java ubuntu-docs
  uno-libs3 update-manager update-manager-core upstart ure util-linux
  uuid-runtime xdg-utils xkb-data xserver-common xserver-xorg-core
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev
154 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 308MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,689kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main google-chrome-stable i386 9.0.597.98-r74359 [26.8MB]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-jre all 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [6,386kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main login i386 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2 [315kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main mount i386 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [174kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main tar i386 1.23-2ubuntu2 [403kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libc-dev-bin i386 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 [218kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libc6-dev i386 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 [4,910kB]
Get:8 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libc-bin i386 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 [739kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libc6 i386 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 [3,814kB]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main linux-libc-dev i386 2.6.35-1025.44 [812kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main tzdata-java all 2011b-0ubuntu0.10.10 [151kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main tzdata all 2011b-0ubuntu0.10.10 [780kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libdbus-1-3 i386 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 [130kB]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main upstart i386 0.6.6-4 [190kB]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main util-linux i386 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [527kB]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main bsdutils i386 1:2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [80.3kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libglib2.0-0 i386 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 [1,381kB]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libpango1.0-common all 1.28.2-0ubuntu1 [114kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libpango1.0-0 i386 1.28.2-0ubuntu1 [293kB]
Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main xdg-utils all 1.0.2+cvs20100307-1ubuntu0.2 [64.1kB]
Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openoffice.org-emailmerge all 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 [6,292B]
Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main ubuntu-docs all 10.10.4ubuntu0.1 [385kB]
Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main ure i386 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 [1,193kB]
Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main uno-libs3 i386 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 [2,437kB]
Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libssl0.9.8 i386 0.9.8o-1ubuntu4.4 [866kB]
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main passwd i386 1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3.2 [875kB]
Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libuuid1 i386 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [61.7kB]
Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libblkid1 i386 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [111kB]
Get:30 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main xkb-data all 1.8-1ubuntu8.1~10.10.1 [440kB]
Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main apparmor i386 2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.4 [358kB]
Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libapparmor1 i386 2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.4 [40.9kB]
Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libapparmor-perl i386 2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.4 [42.5kB]
Get:35 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main apparmor-utils i386 2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.4 [110kB]
Get:36 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main bash-completion all 1:1.2-2ubuntu1.1 [140kB]
Get:37 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libk5crypto3 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [96.3kB]
Get:38 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libgssapi-krb5-2 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [120kB]
Get:39 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libkrb5-3 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [349kB]
Get:40 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libkrb5support0 i386 1.8.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.4 [42.6kB]
Get:41 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main bind9-host i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [66.3kB]
Get:42 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main dnsutils i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [151kB]
Get:43 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libisc60 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [157kB]
Get:44 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libdns66 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [654kB]
Get:45 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libisccc60 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [30.0kB]
Get:46 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libisccfg60 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [47.9kB]
Get:47 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main liblwres60 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [48.6kB]
Get:48 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libbind9-60 i386 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2 [37.3kB]
Get:49 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main fuse-utils i386 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.2 [22.0kB]
Get:50 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libfuse2 i386 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.2 [141kB]
Get:51 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libparted0debian1 i386 2.3-2ubuntu2 [229kB]
Get:52 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openssh-server i386 1:5.5p1-4ubuntu5 [302kB]
Get:53 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openssh-client i386 1:5.5p1-4ubuntu5 [840kB]
Get:54 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main parted i386 2.3-2ubuntu2 [74.1kB]
Get:55 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main python-apt i386 0.7.96.1ubuntu11.1 [200kB]
Get:56 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main update-manager all 1:0.142.22 [811kB]
Get:57 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main update-manager-core i386 1:0.142.22 [196kB]
Get:58 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main uuid-runtime i386 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2 [63.7kB]
Get:59 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main python-problem-report all 1.14.1-0ubuntu8.1 [100kB]
Get:60 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main python-apport all 1.14.1-0ubuntu8.1 [98.7kB]
Get:61 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main apport all 1.14.1-0ubuntu8.1 [56.4kB]
Get:62 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main apport-gtk all 1.14.1-0ubuntu8.1 [96.1kB]
Get:63 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main brasero-common all 2.32.0-0ubuntu2.2 [357kB]
Get:64 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main brasero-cdrkit i386 2.32.0-0ubuntu2.2 [35.4kB]
Get:65 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main brasero i386 2.32.0-0ubuntu2.2 [179kB]
Get:66 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libbrasero-media1 i386 2.32.0-0ubuntu2.2 [431kB]
Get:67 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libnautilus-extension1 i386 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3 [63.0kB]
Get:68 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main computer-janitor-gtk all 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 [70.0kB]
Get:69 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main dbus-x11 i386 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 [37.8kB]
Get:70 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main dbus i386 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 [196kB]
Get:71 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main computer-janitor all 2.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 [42.9kB]
Get:72 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main emacs23 i386 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1 [3,034kB]
Get:73 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main emacs23-bin-common i386 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1 [170kB]
Get:74 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main emacs23-common all 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1 [20.6MB]
Get:75 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libedataserver1.2-13 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [138kB]
Get:76 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libcamel1.2-14 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [355kB]
Get:77 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libebook1.2-9 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [66.0kB]
Get:78 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main nautilus-sendto-empathy i386 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1 [351kB]
Get:79 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main empathy i386 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1 [855kB]
Get:80 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main empathy-common all 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.1 [449kB]
Get:81 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libebackend1.2-0 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [16.5kB]
Get:82 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libecal1.2-7 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [85.6kB]
Get:83 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libedata-book1.2-2 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [39.1kB]
Get:84 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libedata-cal1.2-7 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [49.8kB]
Get:85 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libegroupwise1.2-13 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [67.2kB]
Get:86 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:87 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libgdata1.2-1 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [88.2kB]
Get:88 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libgdata-google1.2-1 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [13.8kB]
Get:89 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main evolution-data-server i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [539kB]
Get:90 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main evolution-data-server-common all 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [99.4kB]
Get:91 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libedataserverui1.2-8 i386 2.30.3-2ubuntu2.1 [88.6kB]
Get:92 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libevolution i386 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.3 [2,097kB]
Get:93 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main evolution i386 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.3 [216kB]
Get:94 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main evolution-common all 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.3 [3,372kB]
Get:95 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main evolution-plugins i386 2.30.3-1ubuntu7.3 [180kB]
Get:96 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main hplip i386 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 [139kB]
Get:97 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main hpijs i386 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 [429kB]
Get:98 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libhpmud0 i386 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 [165kB]
Get:99 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libsane-hpaio i386 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 [171kB]
Get:100 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main hplip-data all 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 [7,639kB]
Get:101 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main jockey-gtk all 0.5.10-0ubuntu5.2 [9,130B]
Get:102 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main jockey-common all 0.5.10-0ubuntu5.2 [145kB]
Get:103 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libglib2.0-data all 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 [976B]
Get:104 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libpq5 i386 8.4.7-0ubuntu0.10.10 [85.6kB]
Get:105 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libservlet2.5-java all 6.0.28-2ubuntu1.1 [192kB]
Get:106 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main linux-firmware all 1.38.3 [12.6MB]
Get:107 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main media-player-info all 12-1~maverick1 [27.2kB]
Get:108 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main nautilus-data all 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3 [514kB]
Get:109 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main nautilus i386 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3 [1,166kB]
Get:110 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main nvidia-96-modaliases i386 96.43.19-0ubuntu1 [18.6kB]
Get:111 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main icedtea-6-jre-cacao i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [416kB]
Get:112 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-lib all 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [6,156kB]
Get:113 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:114 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:115 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:116 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:117 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:118 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:119 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:120 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:121 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:122 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:123 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:124 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:125 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:126 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:127 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:128 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:129 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:130 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
Get:131 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main openjdk-6-jre-headless i386 6b20-1.9.5-0ubuntu1 [27.4MB]
Get:132 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner sun-java6-bin i386 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 [30.0MB]
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John (john-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Try going into software sources and changing the repository to something else, I tend to find that the main server, the country main servers, the security server and the canonical servers are all slow and do timeout.

It may be that the servers are going through a brief busy period, and I would suggest that you try again in 17 hours time.

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John (john-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#6

Try going into software sources and changing the repository to something else, I tend to find that the main server, the country main servers, the security server and the canonical servers are all slow and do timeout.

It may be that the servers are going through a brief busy period, and I would suggest that you try again in 17 hours time.

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John (john-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

And that was not meant to be an answer as I hit the wrong button.

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Bob Konecny (robert-konecny) said : 		#8

I don't believe that the repository was the solution either. I tried several different repositories, each with the same result. Finally I believe I fixed my immediate problem (which was performing the upgrade) by uninstalling the openjdk (my application requires the sun jdk so I didn't need openjdk). Then I manually downloaded the sun jdk packages from the ubuntu partner archive (http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/), put them into the synaptic archive folder, and then performed the upgrade. What a pain in the neck, but at least it's done.

A question: changing the repository did not affect the location of the partner packages, so even though the bulk of the packages came from other sources, the sun-java6-bin package that was giving me so much trouble always came from the same source. Do the mirrors include the partner packages, and did I just miss something when I changed the repository that could have included the partner repository?

Thanks again for your suggestion.