APT 1.2.10 backport for Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) and Ubuntu Precise (12.04)

Summary

We’re excited to announce that we’ve backported APT 1.2.10 to Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) and Ubuntu Precise (12.04)!

This version of APT includes a new feature called Acquire-by-hash which completely eliminates the “Hash sum mismatch” errors. You can read more about this APT feature on our blog.

Source code and packages

The source code is available in a repository on GitHub: https://github.com/computology/apt-backport.

The packages are available in a repository on packagecloud: https://packagecloud.io/computology/apt-backport.

Installation

For Ubuntu 14.04 trusty:

> curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/computology/apt-backport/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
> sudo apt-get install apt=1.2.10

For Ubuntu 12.04 precise:

> curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/computology/apt-backport/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
> sudo apt-get install apt=1.2.10

Be sure to read the README in the package repository for full installation instructions and important tips before getting started.

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