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The ubuntu repositories dists folder contains both Packages, Packages.gz and Packages.bz2 files. Out of these, apt-get uses one of them during an update. Where can I configure apt to choose a particular compression type file instead of others.

I am in a university using an internal mirror and for some reason one of the files is giving a Hash mismatch error. I think if I use bz2 instead of gzip, perhaps I can get past the erroneous file. My apt-get update always tries to fetch .gz files and fails on one of them.

girardengo
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cnvzmxcvmcx
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  • It is very unlikely that this will solve your error. What repository are you using? – terdon Apr 26 '14 at 12:10
  • I am using internal mirror for trusty packages. Hash mismatch for ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_binary-i386_Packages. Anyways, I am more interested in apt than solving the error, hence the title. Answers to this error is delete the local file and update again. I did that only to repeat the error. – cnvzmxcvmcx Apr 26 '14 at 12:19

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To answer your question, you can try this apt option:

sudo apt-get -o Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order::=bz2 update

See the man page for apt.conf.

But I'm pretty sure that your problem comes from the repository itself.

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