UBUNTU 16.04 UPDATE ERROR

Asked by Henry Folorunsho

I try to upadte my dell Laptop Lattitude 6400 through the terminal after running sudo apt-get update, this is the error message i get below

AppStream system cache was updated, but problems were found: Metadata files have errors: /var/cache/app-info/xmls/fwupd.xml
Reading package lists... Done
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh-cache > /dev/null; fi'
E: Sub-process returned an error code

plus when you play movies on any of the movie players the video drags not playing very well, but sound is ok

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jerry smith (angelarbatty) said :
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Ensure that your Ubuntu 16.04 system has a working internet connection. Update errors often occur due to a lack of connectivity. You can test your connection by opening a web browser or running a simple ping command.

https://hektop.com/