package update hangs

[DouglasAdams]

after doing:
$ sudo apt-get update

i get lots of hits then:
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
99% [Waiting for headers]

... and it just sits there.

a reload in synaptic gives:
downloading file 44 of 45

... and it just sits there.

when i abort i get the following shown in error message:
Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/Release
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

i'm still new to ubuntu so i really didn't expect this ...

[slakkie]

I've had the same problem on several boxes.

Remove or comment out the soures in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list (or something similar).

When you have done that, no more issues :)

[DouglasAdams]

google chrome is currently my fav browser,
is thst still ok slakkie?

[RJARRRPCGP]

when i abort i get the following shown in error message:
Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2


This link returns:

Google

Error


Not Found
The requested URL /linux/deb/dists/stable/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 was not found on this server.

[DouglasAdams]

cheers guys
RESOLVED
... i will close the thread

[slakkie]

google chrome is currently my fav browser,
is thst still ok slakkie?

Yes, you won't be able to upgrade chrome anymore but at least you can keep the rest of your system OK :) You can still use chrome.

[DouglasAdams]

does anyone have the address at google to thank them for removing the files that everyone needs please?

[cstring]

Thanks, this worked great for me!