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Ubuntu 16.04.3 xenial

apt-get update infinite tries to get a package:

ams@ubuntu-ams:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]
Get:2 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:3 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,201 kB]
Get:5 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB]
Get:5 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB]
Get:5 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB]
...

I changed the addresses of the mirrors in the file /etc/apt/sources.list but it did not help.

The problem is not this: apt-get is stuck at "Fetched XXKb in XXsec"

I think no matter what kind of package is not loaded. After sudo apt-get clean I do sudo apt-get update and another package (not i386) may loops.

What's going on?

The guy got the same problem: Why is apt-get update repeatedly downloading the same Packages file. But I don't have enough reputation to ask how he solved the problem.

And here it worked by itself: https://askubuntu.com/a/677313/746294. What I need to do to fix it and not to wait until the cache is somewhere updated?

I replaced the http to ftp and now the package just not loaded:

ams@ubuntu-ams:~$ sudo sed -i 's/http/ftp/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
ams@ubuntu-ams:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Get:1 ftp://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]
Get:3 ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [366 kB]
0% [1 InRelease 247 kB/247 kB 100%] [3 Packages 366 kB/366 kB 100%]^C
Slava Mokerov
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    you could try a different mirror – ravery Oct 11 '17 at 12:15
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    ... or try again after an hour or two, if there there are temporary problems at the website (of the current mirror). – sudodus Oct 11 '17 at 12:23
  • I tried to change the mirror and waited 2 hours. It didn't help – Slava Mokerov Oct 11 '17 at 12:58
  • post your sources.list please – FK-VH Oct 11 '17 at 15:55
  • I've tried these addresses:
    • ru.archive.ubuntu.com
    • archive.ubuntu.com
    • de.archive.ubuntu.com
     – Slava Mokerov Oct 11 '17 at 16:10
  • What program package are you trying to install (I mean what program package wants this icon package)? Or is it initiated by a general update-upgrade action? – sudodus Oct 11 '17 at 16:48
  • Yes, it initiated by a general update-upgrade action. After sudo apt-get clean I do sudo apt-get update and another package loops. For example, now does not get i386: Get:6 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,196 kB] – Slava Mokerov Oct 11 '17 at 17:33

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If you are using any (transparent) proxy severs, it may be a misconfiguration of a proxy. Try to use HTTPS mirrors to eliminate such issues.

Andrew Shulgin
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