package manager freezes

[bower]

when i try and install from package manager in Kubuntu 64 bit it freezes after 5% done. when i try and install updates it also freezes. it took me a long time to hook the the Internet as i tried to get my wireless card to work. i ended up connecting with Ethernet cable but i tried allot of commands trying to install wireless card. could i have made the connection somehow not work right? if i try a direct download it seems to do fine and sometimes, to install Firefox, the package manager finally worked but most every time it freezes. any ideas?

Bower

[JosePF]

Hi,
it is necesary to know more details....

- Your connection is fine, i mean if you can navigate smoothly.
Please, report:
nslookup "www.google.es"
ping 66.249.92.104
sudo ifconfig
sudo iwconfig

- What repositories have you in /etc/apt/sources.list?
cat /etc/apt/sources.list

- When you try to install packages using apt-get, what is the error message?

Regards!

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update

Does it freeze anywhere?

[bower]

it seems to be working now, however, sometimes at the end of the install, (through the package manager) i get this error message:

A problem that we were not expecting has occurred.
Please report this bug with the error description.

details are

linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic

allot of packages are not available for the 64 bit version either as i cant find basket through the package manager.

Bower

[jayd512]

That is kind of a generic error... I've had it more than once on multiple distros.

As far as looking for 64-bit packages... you might just be SOL

You may be able to compile them from source, but there are some apps that don't have a native 64-bit package available.