Ubuntu 11.10 unable to update

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If you are seeing an error like this after running "sudo apt-get update".


Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 499 kB in 5s (97.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 16126D3A3E5C1192 Ubuntu Extras Archive Automatic Signing Key

It can be remedied using:


cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get update

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

I was unable to update my system for 26 days. Today its updated using the above commands. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for this! Don't know

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on

Thanks for this! Don't know why, but on all 2 my computers with Ubuntu i musted do it. They broken something in update.

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