If you are trying to use apt behind a corporate firewall, try changing the user agent apt is using with wget to load the package lists. By default it uses: User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 which isn’t recognised by the filter. 1. Create and edit /etc/apt/apt.conf sudo vi /etc/apt/apt.conf 2. Paste the following into the file: Acquire… Continue reading Apt can’t see sources? Try changing the User Agent
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