By cpn9025
I am trying to install git onto my drop but when I run “apt-get install git” I get this error “Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main git-man all 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1 404 Not Found [IP: 192.241.164.26 80]”
I am also logged in as the root user. What could be the issue?
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Try as root:
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists.deletethis
mv /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/lib/apt/lists.deletethis
apt-get update
apt-get install git
If it all works, then
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists.deletethis
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