apt error

Wed Apr 10 10:29:54 UTC 2013

On 10 April 2013 08:10, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 10 April 2013 04:19, Art Edwards
> <edwardsa at icantbelieveimdoingthis.com> wrote:
>> I have the following breakage:
>>
>> E:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_amd64.deb:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives contains the downloaded deb files for
> installation.  I suggest deleting the above file which will force it
> to be downloaded again, in case it is corrupted.  So in a terminal
>
> sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_amd64.deb

`apt-get clean` is easier and AFAIK does the same thing.

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