Update labavcodec1d will not download!

[cousinlucky]

Ubuntu keeps notifying me to install its new update but it will not download. A little bit downloads and then it starts over again and again. Is there anything that I can do about this, please?

[MikeTbob]

Try this commands in a terminal window.

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get update

[cousinlucky]

Hello MikeTBob and thank you. I just came back to this thread to announce that I have solved the problen by using sudo apt-get upgrade in the terminal. The labavcodec1d update is now installed in my computer.

What does sudo apt-get clean do? I tried sudo apt-get clean and got a " command not found "

[jayd512]

Hi, Lucky!

clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. It removes everything but the lock file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/. When APT is used as a dselect( method, clean is run automatically. Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run apt-get clean from time to time to free up disk space.

Basically, it just clears the cache.

[cousinlucky]

Thanks JD! Someone needs to put together a command line for dummies book or a command line dictionary. I was about to put out what little hair I have left hunting for the gksudo nautilus code that lets me access my Ubuntu files as " root ".

I wish that someone developed a software program that asked you just what you wanted to do and then gave you all of the relevant codes that might help you do what you wanted to do.

If there was a website that us computer illiterates could subscribe to that provided the information the owners would be making a lot of money.