Question

Ubuntu apt-get update error

Posted on August 23, 2019
Linux Commands Ubuntu
Asked by paveltashev

I have a droplet with Ubuntu 14.04.5 x64. When I run the command:

apt-get update

I get this error (I will copy paste the last few rows of the terminal):

My-server:~# apt-get update
.........
Get:80 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/universe i386 Packages [5866 kB]
Get:81 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages [134 kB]
Get:82 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/main Translation-en [762 kB]
Get:83 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en [102 kB]
Get:84 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/restricted Translation-en [3457 B]
Get:85 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/universe Translation-en [4089 kB]
Ign http://repo.mysql.com trusty/mysql-5.7 Translation-en
Ign http://repo.mysql.com trusty/mysql-apt-config Translation-en
Ign http://repo.mysql.com trusty/mysql-tools Translation-en
E: Method https has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process https received signal 9.
My-server:~#

How to fix the error?

Show comments

Submit an answer

This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.

You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• September 9, 2019

Accepted Answer

Hello,

I believe that Ubuntu 14 would no longer be supported. So you would start seeing more and more packages failing to install as normal. I would recommend upgrading to Ubuntu 18 or 19 so that way you would get the latest security patches and also all of the latest packages.

Regards, Bobby