Ubuntu 17.04 failed to download package files

Copy link. Linux ubuntu 4. Contributor Author. I had the same issue with 1. I successfully installed atom using dpkg -i. Lintian finished with exit status Segfault after Ubuntu Same issue, I solved with: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get -f install. Cannot install atom on Ubuntu No idea what is going on, I hope it gets fixed.

Problem starting atom after installing on Ubuntu Leyendo la base de datos Preparando para desempaquetar atom-amd Desempaquetando atom:amd64 1. Procesando disparadores para desktop-file-utils 0. Procesando disparadores para mime-support 3. Se encontraron errores al procesar: atom:amd I am facing the same error. Selecting previously unselected package atom. Errors were encountered while processing: atom. Thanks for your contribution! Slim Slim 3 3 gold badges 4 4 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges.

Also sudo dpkg --configure -a may help. N0rbert I edited the question. Are you sure that Try sudo apt-get update , sudo apt-get dist-upgrade , sudo apt-get install -f , sudo dpkg --configure -a and add any errors to question. N0rbert I re-update the question — Slim.

Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. Install aptitude on Improve this answer. N0rbert N0rbert Try sudo apt-get clean then sudo apt-get update and retry. It seems to be network issue. Add a comment. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

If you do not know already, when you install Ubuntu or any other Linux OS, the software sources are set by default to the server mirror near your location. This is to ensure that software downloads and updates are at good speed. But it could happen that the server your system is using, has not been updated from the main server yet.

This could happen for several reasons. What you can do to fix the error is to change the server to Main Server and you can continue with the updates smoothly. Save your change. It will update the software cache. Run the Update Manager again.

The update should work just fine now. A similar update error is failed to download repository information which can be fixed easily as well. I had to replace "us. So, the solution that worked for me was to upgrade it to Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 3 years, 10 months ago. Active 2 years, 9 months ago. Viewed 18k times. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.

N: See apt-secure 8 manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Vikas Yadav 2, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.