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apt-get update ends with “Hash Sum mismatch”

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Experience the following?:

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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en    
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en    
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en      
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US                 
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US           
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US           
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US             
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en  Hash Sum mismatch
 
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

The cause is likely a corrupt package file previously downloaded. You can fix it by doing the following:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update
#apt #apt-get #hash sum mismatch #mismatch

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  1. Mike

    If deleting /var/lib/apt/lists/* does not work…
    (esp. if you’re behind a proxy), fix “Hash Sum Mismatch” like this:

    Create file
    */etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99fixbadproxy*
    with this content

    Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth 0;
    Acquire::http::No-Cache true;
    Acquire::BrokenProxy true;

    See also https://gist.github.com/trastle/5722089

    Reply