forcing APT-GET UPDATE to reget the package lists

[Matthew Flaschen]

David Vincent wrote:
> sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup
> sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.backup /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo apt-get update
> 
> ...will delete any downloaded lists you have and force apt to go out and 
> download the latest copies...

>From where?  You've hidden the repository list, not the downloaded
packages lists.

Matt Flaschen