Failure to download extra data files error ubuntu 18

And if I try the apt-get install or even the apt-get upgrade commands, the terminal says that flashplugin-installer is the latest version! What does apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer return? I just realised I misspelled the package name. Sorry for wasting your time. This seems to fix things for me, but only temporarily. I keep having to run it maybe once every two to three weeks with little changing in between I removed this file in JoKeR 6, 7 7 gold badges 40 40 silver badges 62 62 bronze badges.

Fife B. Fife 49 1 1 silver badge 9 9 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Click on 'close' button. Step 4: Click on 'Reload' button. It will update cache. Step 5: Now, again open 'software updater'. Browse more videos. Playing next How to Uninstall Skype on Ubuntu How to Install Java 12 on Ubuntu For the bug tracking and the solution for the bug can be tracked through the thread link below.

The bug is still open and it has not yet been solved. I found a way removing the temp files in the partial folder and installing the fonts through terminal. This worked for me. How to make ttf-mscorefonts-installer package download fonts, after it says it installed? Then the fonts install without any problems! Hooray, and it's sad that Ubuntu failed to create a functional package when they could've just copied Debian's version and had it work!

Ubuntu Community Ask! Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 5 years, 6 months ago. Active 1 month ago. Viewed 48k times. Same thing will happen if I use the wget in terminal to download the package: wget downloads.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response It will fail again. The wired thing is that I can download the font package from a browser like Chrome, and run the following command to fix the font problem: sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer with the fonts folder directed. Improve this question. Community Bot 1. Xiaodong Qi Xiaodong Qi 2, 3 3 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges.

You shouldn't need to use sudo on wget, unless you're writing to a location that needs root access. Also a movie buff with a soft corner for film noir. This would be a great guide for getting your updater to work…… if the cache updater he mentioned worked. Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Like what you read? Please share it with others.

Thanks very much! Got this error trying to upgrade xUbuntu from A massive thank you for absolutely nothing by a very frustrated user!