'sudo apt-get update' always re-updates by force?

Asked May 06 '12 at 13:26

Active Feb 25 '13 at 13:17

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I have a fresh install of 12.04.

If I understand correctly, sudo apt-get update is supposed to update everything the first time it's run, and then only update repositories which have changed since the last update, right?

However, this command seems to be updating all repositories every time I run it. That is, even if I run the command twice back-to-back, the second command will re-update all repositories again by force.

This is disturbing to me, since I have a slow (512 kbps) Internet connection.

What could be the problem?

edited Feb 25 '13 at 13:17

Eliah Kagan

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asked May 06 '12 at 13:26

Velvet Ghost

What's the second command? – J. Austin Rodriguez May 06 '12 at 13:46
The second command is 'sudo apt-get update'. This was the first command too. That's why I said 'if I run the command twice back-to-back'. – Velvet Ghost May 08 '12 at 09:46
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This also happening in my fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04. Anyone has answer? – Anwar May 14 '12 at 14:54

'sudo apt-get update' always re-updates by force?

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