try ?> rm -r /var/cache/apt/archives <div>2007/9/2, howie <<a href="mailto:mhporter@always-online.com">mhporter@always-online.com</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi all Using synaptic, will not download any thing to be upgraded. What I downloaded will not install, because of "broken cache". Any answers or input as to what I can do to make this work. hdavid ps: will be gone from computer sept. 4th to 8th. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>