<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000099"> Hi Folks, I'm working with Hardy (8.04 LTS), but it seems it may be true of other versions too. Not sure who needs to hear about a problem with a broken .deb file to get it fixed. The only simple work-around (for me) was to copy the .deb file from a working setup and use that. I tried a number of the official mirror sites and had no luck with them either (accurate mirrors, it would seem...). Here's the command: aptitude install erlang-base Here's the error: E: Failed to fetch <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/erlang/erlang-base_11.b.5dfsg-11_amd64.deb:">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/erlang/erlang-base_11.b.5dfsg-11_amd64.deb:</a> Hash Sum mismatch I recognize that a "universe" package is not supported, per se, but the file itself is apparently bad (as of last night US Mountain Daylight Time). I'd be most grateful for your assistance in fixing this. Thanks, AlphaGJohn </body> </html>