[Bug 930106] Re: Software Updater Fails to download a package

[Tim]

Well you can download the file to your desktop and then run the dpkg
command like this:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file

That should install it.
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Title:
  Software Updater Fails to download a package

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  
  For the Daniel Folkeshteyn Other Packages Update:

  This error results:
  Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Got a single header line over 360 chars

  It says to check the internet connection which works fine like for
  this bug reporting.

   All other updates still and do download with no problem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Feb 10 05:43:38 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-13 (88 days ago)

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