Edit: Last night, I used the "Fix MergeList problems" option in the maintenance tab of software sources and at least for now, it seems to be working. So I probably wont need help with this anymore, hopefully.

Every hour or two, the Update Manager keeps giving me an error message saying that my APT configuration is corrupt and that I should switch to another Linux Mint mirror. It usually goes away when I do a manual refresh but it just keeps coming back. I have also tried switching to a different mirror but I get the same error. It also tells me to run apt-get update but even if I add "sudo" it just gives me an error message saying to run apt-get update.

It happened again so I'm adding screenshots in case they help. The first is the initial error, then it's the error I get when I try to change the repository and the third is the error I get when I try running the command it suggested:

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  • lemmyreader@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    This appears to have solved the same problem for others :

    • https://rileymacdonald.ca/2018/04/02/ubuntu-resolved-e-package-cache-file-corrupted/

    • sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

    • sudo apt update

    • vortexal@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
      ·
      4 months ago

      It seems to be working now, so I might not need to try that. Last night, I used the "Fix MergeList problems" option in the maintenance tab of software sources and that seems to have fixed the issue.