Ubuntu 14.04.3LTS 64-bit - apt-get update error , Hash Sum mismatch

Question

apt-get update error. The following links result in a Hash Sum mismatch. Scared of following any other answers because all of them seem to be unique for every person's chosen mirror.

Are these obsolete? If they are how do I remove them?

W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch
W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch
E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

EDIT: Same problem occured when i completely removed ubuntu 14.04 and freshly installed ubuntu GNOME 14.04. Answer below.

here https://askubuntu.com/questions/41605/trouble-downloading-packages-list-due-to-a-hash-sum-mismatch-error — Mike Sirs, Dec 21 '15 at 12:41
@MikeSerchenya Tried the approved answer in your link. Same links failed again. — BUCKSHOT, Dec 21 '15 at 12:45

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 25 '15 at 06:49

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Ok found a solution to my problem

in the file "/etc/apt/sources.list" i just commented out these two line:

deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

it fixed the issue and now apt-get update finishes with no errors but i still don't know if this is the correct way of fixing this issue.

answered Dec 25 '15 at 06:49

BUCKSHOT

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But this is not a solution. You have stopped updating from these sources and of course you shouldn't get error about it.!!!! – Mostafa Ahangarha Mar 17 '16 at 14:24

Ubuntu 14.04.3LTS 64-bit - apt-get update error , Hash Sum mismatch

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