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Install Updates Error log
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Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nemh/systemback/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Get:7 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite citrine InRelease [2,107 B]
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [913 kB]
Err:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages
  Hash Sum mismatch
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en [429 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted i386 Packages [7,580 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/restricted Translation-en [2,272 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [721 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [333 kB]
Fetched 1,035 kB in 4s (243 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/x...a5edcc6ae5  Hash Sum mismatch
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Quote: Hash Sum mismatch

In order to fix this, open a terminal and type
Code:
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
type in  your password when asked, hit enter and that should do. Try updating again and it should work.

Hope this helps! Smile

He himself could not figure it out for a long time. :-[
maybe someone can help him and me.. ???