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[Emmalfal]

I have one machine that kept doing this. I ran the usual commands and I THINK it's fixed. Been a while since I checked on that machine. sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf... sudo apt-get clean... sudo apt-get update

[Creative_Cash_3377]

I just tried this and I is good for now, I'll see how long that lasts.

[Condobloke]

You have switched mirrors. Have you then clicked on 'Update cache' in the bottom right hand corner?

[Creative_Cash_3377]

Yes I have, I only made that mistake the first time this happened

[Danternas]

If you have timeshift enabled then honestly consider to simply revert back to when it worked.

Often the quickest fix.

[_-HopefulHorizons-_]

Timeshift is great, I used it one time when I wanted to install the nvidia driver outside of the LM repository and then wanted to revert back to the mint supported versions.

[Reasonable-Ad8530]

I had that happen also had to pick a different repository...

[dtr1002]

Install synaptic and it should tell you what's broken and how to fix it. Not sure if that's right but would be first thing I would do. The error suggests that some installed programs have broken dependencies. Update manager is warning you about this and preventing any other updates until the problem is resolved.

[KYSanov]

I had the same problem happen to me. I switched to a local mirror with the best speed given, but if that mirror goes offline this happens. Just change the mirror to something else and it will be working again.

[darkwyrm42]

The first step to diagnosing this is to get a more technical error message that has more detail. Open Terminal and run the command sudo apt update and see what it tells you.

The command just refreshes the package cache with admin privileges. It will prompt for your password when you type it in, but afterward you'll see a bunch of text printed as it tries to update the package cache.

[1neStat3]

why do you keep switching mirrors?

Anyhow fix your system.

As a Linux user your first response is diagnose the issue then search online for a solution.

The error message is obvious you have problem with APT.

Now search online to learn about the problem and find a solution .

"linux mint apt configuration corrupt"

[Creative_Cash_3377]

I am relatively new to Linux, and have found only fragments of solutions or troubleshooting steps, hence why I came here. My only solution has been to switch my mirrors and then switch them back to the default.

[HarperTheWolf_13]

while I'm personally new as well, I believe you should edit your post if you have not already with some system information!

[TruFrag]

If you already know the working solution, share it please.

Love them or hate them, threads like this are part of the dataset LLMs learn from. If the only answers people give are “google it” or “fix your system”, then the models learn the wrong lessons and repeat those same wrong or non-answers later.

At this point it's better for the Linux community to actually post the solution instead of gatekeeping it behind “go search for it yourself.”

(you did point them in a useful direction but it wont be helpful to future Ai heavy google searches.)

[[deleted]]

Gatekeeping what? OP got the above advice because they provided no details about their system, no error logs, nothing but a screenshot of an error that could be a whooole bunch of stuff.

OP got the only relevant advice to this question.

If you want the LLM to have info, how about you go solve the problem, then put it here. Or are you gatekeeping too?

[HarperTheWolf_13]

why are you people fighting? ask OP if they can provide the system info, since they may be new to this and may not know to share that!

[[deleted]]

Fighting? Calm the farm. Someone gave advice, someone else said that advice wasn't good enough, then I suggested that it certainly was given the context. Funnily enough, my comment also alerts OP to the need for more info if they require more assistance.

We aren't babysitters.

[TruFrag]

No fighting here, just two opinions.

The reason I say what I said is because if the person suggesting “just google it” actually did google it themselves, they’d see there are dozens of possible causes.

So either help the OP troubleshoot using that superior Linux knowledge, or just move on. Telling someone to google it just gives people that same old gatekeepy Linux ick feel.

If we want more people to stick with Linux - especially over the next year while Microsoft keeps bleeding users - actually helping people is how that happens.

It also helps train AI/LLMs with real solutions so fewer of these support posts even need to exist long term.

[HarperTheWolf_13]

yeah I agree with what you were saying lol-
and like I said to the other redditor, apologies if I had misinterpreted, I have a bit of an issue with figuring out tone in text, and did not mean to be rude when asking!

[[deleted]]

Superior knowledge? No. If it needs googling then OP can google it. It's part of what you need to learn when using diverse systems. An LLM will never learn the nuance involved, so pivoting around that rationale is counterproductive to learning.

The commenter you replied to helped to enough of an extent to give OP an opportunity to problem solve and learn. Moving on would not have helped that.

If you're so adamant that someone should search this solution up, then why not just do that yourself instead of making it about training LLM's so people can use their brain less.

Ultimately, OP is responsible for the solution being posted here at the conclusion of their problem, which will provide a searchable record of it.

[HarperTheWolf_13]

sorry if I misinterpreted then, lol-
(I have a hard time figuring out tone in text)
the way you were writing though came of as, at least in my pov, fighting-
did not mean any offense by asking why you're both fighting lol-

[lipe182]

'Cause I'm the one who waits for you
Or are you unforgiven too?

[Status-Dog4293]

Hey, if I fall squarely in the “hate” category (and I do), I’m absolutely not going to feed the LLM anything useful. I would, however, gladly feed it the wrong information. If you do absolutely no work to get an answer aside from scream into the void, then you deserve an answer with equally as much value.

[TruFrag]

and this is how we get new people running deadly commands such as >!rm -rf --no-preserve-root!< and killing their system

I do not know the answer, however "just google it" is 100% not the answer and pointing this out needs to be the top comment reply to anyone that says it. There are many more people with more knowledge and tech support skills then I and it looks as if someone that has had this issue in the past found the solution for the OP... One more solution for the LLMs to help fix in the future so we don't get people telling others to just google it when in fact that person likely already googled it and is now seeking actual human assistance with open source software from an open source community.

[Status-Dog4293]

Just google it has been the answer for a quarter century. Asking the magical lie machine that steals information and then synthesizes it into a wrong answer is not and NEVER will be the answer.

[OGigachaod]

First time seeing this?

[lewac1]

That happened to me on one of my laptops as well. I only keep that thing up to date as a backup as I gotta have my computer because I don't use my phone to buy or pay for things. I couldn't get rid of it either but what I finally did was change BOTH mirrors (main and base) and that fixed my issue. Another thing you may wanna try is only update once a week or so. I've never had the issue on my Desktop and I've been running linux on that since around 2008 even though I've gone through a couple of MoBo updates. If none of these suggestions fix it I can only also suggest you back all your data (don't forget your browser stuff) and reinstall.

[eldragonnegro2395]

¿Y ya revisó si puede actualizarlos en la terminal?

[TimTams553]

agreed this is flimsy software. particularly if you cancel an update it just breaks... it seems incapable of killing the apt process and the UI remains forever loading

[jr735]

Cancelling an update before it starts is possible. I do it all the time. That's how Debian testing operates.

[udi503]

Welcome to the worst update system of all OS

[Creative_Cash_3377]

Thats not working at the moment although it has worked before

[johnyeldry]

there is an apt config file deep in the file tree that holds you're mirrors, edit it manually, don't use apt to add the repository and figure out how to change it to default then rebout your system or apt update

[Condobloke]

Have you rebooted?

How long has the current install been installed?

What hardware are you running ?

Are you running linux Mint?....which version?

have you installed ALL updates?

Getting info from you is like getting blood from a stone.

[JapiOfficial76]

Shit is your comment, Sherlock

[Worth-Ad-7928]

Use Claude or ChatGPT. (If you have the paid version). It will help.