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I get errors when I try to install any software. The errors are

Reading package lists... Error!
E: Could not open file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - open (22: Invalid argument)
E: Failed to truncate file - ftruncate (9: Bad file descriptor)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

When I try to update a system with sudo apt-get update, I encounter other errors like 

W: Failed to fetch http://tz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91. 189. 92. 192 80]

and many others.

I am new to Ubuntu.

Jorge Castro
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Abu Ayman
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  • @jokerdino The 404 error here is not from a PPA. So are you sure this is really the best question to dupe this to? – Eliah Kagan Jun 29 '12 at 10:19
  • @EliahKagan I always understood that question as "fix the problem using a PPA". Probably that is the source of this problem. I still think this we have covered this issue somewhere.. – jokerdino Jun 29 '12 at 10:27
  • @jokerdino Well, both that question's error messages and its answers are PPA-specific. And why would you use a PPA to fix a 404 message about a package available in an official repository? I agree that this is almost certainly a duplicate, of something. Maybe ask in chat? – Eliah Kagan Jun 29 '12 at 10:34
  • @EliahKagan My mistake, really. – jokerdino Jun 29 '12 at 10:46

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Try this:

  1. Run gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

  2. Add these lines to it

    deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main universe restricted multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main universe restricted multiverse

deb http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main universe restricted multiverse

  3. Save the file and quit the text editor.

  4. Run sudo apt-get update.

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  • Thanks for trying to help, i still get the same errors.. – Abu Ayman Jun 28 '12 at 10:41
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    Why specifically the Italian mirror? Also, why add these lines, rather than changing the current ones to the Italian mirror? With multiple mirrors enabled providing the same software, there is no guarantee that the working mirror will be used. – Eliah Kagan Jun 29 '12 at 10:18