No inxi says the MEPIS12 64 bit repo man.

[eemaestro]

APT stopped working, so it appears.

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# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg [836 B]                                 
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports Release.gpg [836 B]                               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg                                                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release                                                       
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release [124 kB]                                     
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg                                         
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr Release.gpg                                               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release                                                           
Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports Release [147 kB]                                   
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr Release                                                   
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release                                             
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages                                           
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0 Release.gpg                               
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [14 B]               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages                                           
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main amd64 Packages                                       
Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free amd64 Packages [14 B]                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex                 
Get:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B]               
Get:8 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B]             
Get:9 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]             
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex               
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages                                   
Get:10 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free Translation-en [14 B]           
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages                       
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free amd64 Packages                         
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main i386 Packages                               
Get:11 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib i386 Packages [50.9 kB]                             
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                   
Get:12 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [7,819 B]           
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib amd64 Packages                               
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free amd64 Packages                             
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages                                   
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free i386 Packages                                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main Translation-en/DiffIndex                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex                   
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0 Release                                             
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages                               
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en 
Get:13 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main i386 2015-01-12-0843.51.pdiff [1,937 B]     
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en                             
Get:14 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main i386 2015-01-12-0843.51.pdiff [1,937 B]     
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US                                         
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en               
Ign http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main Translation-en
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main amd64 Packages   
Ign http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free Translation-en_US
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main i386 Packages
Ign http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main Translation-en_US                             
Ign http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main Translation-en
Fetched 282 kB in 14s (19.0 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/contrib/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


What is wrong? I have amd64 microprocessor. Why is apt trying to ftp from a subfolder called binary-386 ? Where did that mangled URL come from?
Do I need to change something on my PC?

[kmathern]

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What is wrong? I have amd64 microprocessor. Why is apt trying to ftp from a subfolder called binary-386 ?

Mepis 12 64bit comes with 'multiarch support' already enabled {the package lists for both the amd64 & i386 architectures get downloaded during a `apt-get update`}.


Maybe temporarily disable i386 and do a reload with apt-get update to see if that will clear the hashsum mismatch error.

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su -c 'dpkg --remove-architecture i386 && apt-get update'

If that clears the hashsum mismatch error, I would try the following to re-enable the i386 architecture:

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su -c 'dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update'

If you're not currently using any i386 packages you can maybe skip reenabling i386.

[lucky9]

Is there a way of checking whether a package is i386 if it's installed?

[kmathern]

Is there a way of checking whether a package is i386 if it's installed?

This will show the i386 packages that are installed (it can be run as a regular user or root)

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dpkg -l | grep ' i386 '

[eemaestro]

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dpkg -l | grep ' i386 '
ii  eagle                                 5.12.0-3                               i386         Printed circuit board design tool
ii  gcc-4.7-base:i386                     4.7.2-5                                i386         GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
ii  libc6:i386                            2.13-38+deb7u4                         i386         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libexpat1:i386                        2.1.0-1+deb7u1                         i386         XML parsing C library - runtime library
ii  libfontconfig1:i386                   2.9.0-7.1                              i386         generic font configuration library - runtime
ii  libfreetype6:i386                     2.4.9-1.1                              i386         FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii  libgcc1:i386                          1:4.7.2-5                              i386         GCC support library
ii  libjpeg62:i386                        6b1-3+deb7u1                           i386         Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library (version 6.2)
ii  libpng12-0:i386                       1.2.49-1                               i386         PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6:i386                       4.7.2-5                                i386         GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6:i386                         2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1                       i386         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6:i386                          1:1.0.7-1                              i386         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxcb1:i386                          1.8.1-2+deb7u1                         i386         X C Binding
ii  libxcursor1:i386                      1:1.1.13-1+deb7u1                      i386         X cursor management library
ii  libxdmcp6:i386                        1:1.1.1-1                              i386         X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
ii  libxext6:i386                         2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1                       i386         X11 miscellaneous extension library
ii  libxfixes3:i386                       1:5.0-4+deb7u1                         i386         X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library
ii  libxi6:i386                           2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1                       i386         X11 Input extension library
ii  libxrandr2:i386                       2:1.3.2-2+deb7u1                       i386         X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1:i386                      1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1                       i386         X Rendering Extension client library
ii  zlib1g:i386                           1:1.2.7.dfsg-13                        i386         compression library - runtime


[kmathern]

Did you try temporarily disabling i386 like I mentioned earlier? If so did it clear up the hashsum mismatch error?

Since you have all those i386 packages installed, you should re-enable i386 after temporarily disabling it.

[eemaestro]

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# dpkg --remove-architecture i386 && apt-get update
dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database
# dpkg --remove-architecture i386 && apt-get update
dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database
# dpkg --remove-architecture i386 && apt-get update
dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database


Dunno know what this means. I ran it three times because I had KDE user programs open when I first tried, so closed them and then found another editor open, closed it, and then tried again.

[kmathern]

So apparently it won't let you remove the i386 architecture since you currently have i386 packages installed, just try the `apt-get update` by itself.

[eemaestro]

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# apt-get update                   
Get:1 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [836 B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [102 kB]                                   
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg                                                   
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg [836 B]                                 
Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports Release.gpg [836 B]                               
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release                                                       
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg                                                       
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr Release.gpg                                               
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release [124 kB]                                     
Get:6 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages [235 kB]                       
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr Release                                                   
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release                                                           
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main amd64 Packages                                       
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages                                           
Get:7 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib amd64 Packages [14 B]                     
Get:8 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free amd64 Packages [14 B]                     
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free amd64 Packages                                   
Get:9 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports Release [147 kB]                                   
Get:10 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main i386 Packages [237 kB]                       
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages                                             
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main i386 Packages                                         
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free i386 Packages                                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages                                           
Get:11 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages                                         
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0 Release.gpg                                         
Get:12 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages                                       
Get:13 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main i386 Packages                                             
Get:14 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en [134 kB]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free i386 Packages                                         
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0 Release                                             
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en                                         
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en                                           
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en                                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                         
Get:15 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [14 B]                       
Get:16 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free amd64 Packages [14 B]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex                           
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main amd64 Packages                                 
Get:17 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib i386 Packages [14 B]                       
Get:18 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free i386 Packages [14 B]                       
Get:19 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex                         
Get:20 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free Translation-en [14 B]                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                       
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US                                         
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                   
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex                         
Get:21 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/non-free Translation-en [14 B]                   
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en                                           
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex                     
Hit http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main i386 Packages     
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex           
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Get:22 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/contrib i386 Packages [50.9 kB]
Ign http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main Translation-en_US         
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/main Translation-en
Ign http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free Translation-en_US   
Hit http://main.mepis-deb.org mepis12cr/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main Translation-en_US                             
Ign http://mepis.mirrorcatalogs.com mepis-12.0/main Translation-en                                 
Fetched 982 kB in 8s (116 kB/s)                                                                   
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/contrib/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Stevo]

I'm pulling from the same Debian repo, and am not seeing any error. Could apt have some local file on your machine that has the wrong hash for "Packages"? Since you are the only one with this error, this seems likely.

Hmmm--the net says to remove all files in this directory and "apt-get update":

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su -c 'rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*'

But this may be a bit more surgical:

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su -c 'rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_binary-i386_Packages'

then try updating. If that does not work, try the first command--it will just take longer to download the complete set of files in /lists.

Edit: fixed typo in commands.