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Hi!

Attempting to download updates and getting the following error log, can anyone help?

I tried last week and had an error (can't remember what, sorry!), thought I'd leave it a few days and try again, now it says it's trying to download 60+ updates and gives the following error log:

TIA! 


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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 the Software - Support - Updates section for assistance.

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

Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:3 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:1 https://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite fluorite InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Ign:7 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco InRelease
Hit:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Ign:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata
Ign:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata
Ign:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata
Ign:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata
Hit:13 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco Release
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [392 B]
Err:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata
  File has unexpected size (30288 != 392). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.91.83 80]
  Hashes of expected file:
  - Filesize:392 [weak]
  - SHA256:6d0fec8130eb28d362ebeedee487b7acc3b4d0f861a27bb133bf0b61dabc2c35
  - SHA1:a7ef1467442ba3b24a474fe0b3146eadfd4d338c [weak]
  - MD5Sum:d6ba11f811d77e7dbf79de6412d57f7b [weak]
  Release file created at: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:00:58 +0000
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [116 B]
Err:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata
 
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [672 B]
Err:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata
 
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [116 B]
Err:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata
 
Reading package lists...
W: http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/disco/Release.gpg: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist...s-amd64.xz  File has unexpected size (30288 != 392). Mirror sync in progress? [IP: 91.189.91.83 80]
  Hashes of expected file:
    - Filesize:392 [weak]
    - SHA256:6d0fec8130eb28d362ebeedee487b7acc3b4d0f861a27bb133bf0b61dabc2c35
    - SHA1:a7ef1467442ba3b24a474fe0b3146eadfd4d338c [weak]
    - MD5Sum:d6ba11f811d77e7dbf79de6412d57f7b [weak]
  Release file created at: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:00:58 +0000
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist...s-amd64.xz 
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist...s-amd64.xz 
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist...s-amd64.xz 
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
If you consistently get the same error message, try changing the ubuntu repository.
https://wiki.linuxliteos.com/en/software...tescountry