Harold, go to the sources settings and update your repositories origins, you might be using a server that is currently offline.
2016-11-11 10:59 GMT-03:00 Harold Cheyney <[email protected]>: > I got through all the steps on this web page but then got the message > "failed to download repository information, check your internet connection" > > Harold > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Friday, November 11, 2016 05:59 AM, Peter Flynn wrote: >> >>> On 11/10/2016 09:55 PM, Bruno Benitez wrote: >>> >>>> I dont know why it would say that. The package still exists in yakkety >>>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/flashplugin-installer >>>> >>> >>> Could be a transient problem with update? Occasionally a sources.list >>> entry references a wrong file or a misspelled server name. The >>> maintainers are very quick to fix errors, but sometimes if you hit it at >>> the wrong time, you don't get a complete list. Rare but possible. >>> >>> ///Peter >>> >>> >> IIRC, flashplugin-installer tries to download the plugin from adobe which >> they say is no longer (officially) supported. >> >> Can you try if adding the canonical partner repo to your sources.list >> works? (I'm still on trusty so I don't know whether it's still true for >> xenial.) >> >> See https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/addremove-sources.html >> >> Regards, >> -- st >> >> >> -- >> xubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm >> an/listinfo/xubuntu-users >> > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > -- Bruno.-
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