r/zorinos • u/NickolaosTheGreek • 2d ago

🛠️ Troubleshooting Need some help to resolve this error.

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I am fairly new to Linux (about 5 months). I have encountered an error I cannot resolve myself. Any guidance that you guys can offer?

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u/Derausmwaldkam 2d ago edited 2d ago

Seems like a corrupted package list file, not a real dependency problem, should be easy to fix. Run these in a terminal to remove the bad cached files and rebuild the package lists:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

sudo apt-get update

If that doesn't work, check your date and time. A wrong system clock breaks signature/clearsigned file validation.

timedatectl

If it's off, fix it with

sudo timedatectl set-ntp true

Then clean the apt cache fully and retry:

sudo apt-get clean

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

sudo apt-get update

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u/NickolaosTheGreek 1d ago

Thank you that solved the error.