2022.01.19 02:00

Debian apt-get update waiting for headers

Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 10 years ago. Active 1 year, 11 months ago. Viewed 56k times. On googling this error it seems that a lot of people are having this issue. Any clues would be really useful. Improve this question.

Braiam Thomas Clayson Thomas Clayson 1 1 gold badge 3 3 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Your Internet connection is disconnected I have tried all the solutions above, none of them work. This is a serious issue because it hampers, slows down, or even prevents the user from installing and running programs or apps. I have never seen this happen in Ubuntu I don't think it's caused by problems of Internet connection, because whenever the problem occurs I keep checking my browser by going to different websites and I am able to surf with no problem.

I think it's a bug in Ubuntu For me it was because I was connected to my work VPN - couldn't connect to deb. Disconnected from VPN - no problem. Connect again to VPN - problem. Won't be the source of the problem for everyone but if you are using a VPN and having this problem, try disconnecting. Add a comment. Message 75 received at bugs. Sat, 05 Dec GMT full text , mbox , link. Message 80 received at bugs. Wed, 27 Jan GMT full text , mbox , link.

Acknowledgement sent to "Francesco P. Message 85 received at bugs. Severity set to 'grave' from 'important' Request was from "Francesco P. Mon, 01 Feb GMT full text , mbox , link. Message 92 received at bugs. Tue, 09 Feb GMT full text , mbox , link.

Message 97 received at bugs. Wed, 07 Apr GMT full text , mbox , link. Message received at bugs. Information stored : Bug ; Package apt-proxy. Message received at quiet bugs. Tue, 13 Jul GMT full text , mbox , link. Message received at done bugs. Bug archived. Mon, 07 Feb GMT full text , mbox , link. Send a report that this bug log contains spam. Subject: apt gets stuck with 'waiting for headers' while interacting with apt-proxy. Mark Kirby Eslam Shapsough Eslam Shapsough 51 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges.

Your first and second links are both coded to point to the second site. I found the information at the dslreports. Unfortunately the information at the cyberciti. Marek T Marek T 21 1 1 bronze badge. Pieter Eikelboom Pieter Eikelboom 21 1 1 bronze badge. Welcome to Askubuntu! Could you develop your answer to explain in more depth why and how your solution works? They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Carlos Carlos 11 1 1 bronze badge.

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