Software Updater Fails to download a package

[Howard Brodale]

For the Daniel Folkeshteyn Other Packages Update:

This error results:
Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Got a single header line over 360 chars

It says to check the internet connection which works fine like for this bug reporting.

 All other updates still and do download with no problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 10 05:43:38 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-13 (88 days ago)

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Looks like the mirror is working fine now. Is the problem resolved?
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[Howard Brodale (brodhow)]

12 Updates were listed of which the one update above was still part of this. 11 of those updates downloaded and installed but, the same one, Daniel Folkeshteyn Other Packages Update, still gets the same error of http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Got a single header line over 360 chars. The linux-image-3.0.0.0.16 and Linux header files downloaded just fine and installed amongst the 11 updates that did work of which were other firefox files.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Instead of that link, use this one in your sources. See if it fixes the problem.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb?r=&ts=1329168082&use_mirror=superb-sea2
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[Howard Brodale (brodhow)]

I did download those firefox files via my browser but, I can't get Ubuntu's Software Manager nor its Update Manager to "take" them. With Mandriva Linux, its RPM Manager does effortlessly take any such update files downloaded from the web. I have learned to rely on or to just use RPM only to do such things. Installing software on my own without RPM doesn't work. I bet its the same with Ubuntu also where I must use its software installing system as evidenced by the db triggers being processed.

 As such, opening the file firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (which I downloaded) with Software Manager does not work. It just hangs with the processing animation, for hours. Update Manager has no way to read from a downloaded file but just archive mirror sites of which I tried specifying that http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb?r=&ts=1329168082&use_mirror=superb-sea2 site as an APT Deb site but, it won't accept it as such (OK set to sensitive) or it tries to process it but, gets the same internet connectivity error.

 So, this update is unprocessable now. Unless theres a way to get the software management of Ubuntu to use it. I have noticed here that I can issue sudo get-apt package names, on Ubuntu. Is there a package name for this update that I can use with sudo?

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Well you can download the file to your desktop and then run the dpkg command like this:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file

That should install it.
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[Howard Brodale (brodhow)]

It did install:
howard@howard-PW532AA-ABA-SR1403WM-NA521:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
[sudo] password for howard:
(Reading database ... 246422 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace firefox-mozilla-build 9.0.1-0ubuntu1 (using firefox-mozilla-build_10.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement firefox-mozilla-build ...
Setting up firefox-mozilla-build (10.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
howard@howard-PW532AA-ABA-SR1403WM-NA521:~/Downloads$

But Update Manager still thinks that the same non working update us needed:
Changes for the versions:
Installed version: 10.0-0ubuntu1
Available version: 10.0.1-0ubuntu1

This update does not come from a source that supports changelogs.

  So, the update appears to be 10.0.1-0ubuntu1 but, what was installed from downloading it via the browser is 10.0-0ubuntu1. Or, whats installed is still not up to date?

[Howard Brodale (brodhow)]

so, I downloaded via browser http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/pool/main/f/firefox-mozilla-build/firefox-mozilla-build_10.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb and then ran sudo dpkg -i firefox-mozilla-build_10.0.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb and Update Manager now says that there is no more updates to install! Thanks for your sudo help!

[Howard Brodale (brodhow)]

downloading problem "failed to fetch" via Update Manager still was not solved though. The workaround did work.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

I would suggest taking that source off your list. The one provided in launchpad is compatible. There is one for a stable firefox and an unstable.
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[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]