Topic

debian

A collection of 2 issues

apt-get update: fixing 'package index files are corrupted'

Sometimes when performing your daily apt-get update, you'll experience messages like E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. or The package index files are corrupted Such messages usually don't go away for quite a long time, and may prevent legitimate updates from installing. This

Purging outdated kernels on systems with unattended-upgrades

Whenever I install a production system/server I tend to enable full automatic updating, because it's usually better that something breaks because of a failed update rather than leaving a production machine unpatched; and if you pick a rather stable distribution (Centos or Ubuntu LTS are good examples) chances that