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Published on 2012-11-17T16:11:11Z Indexed on 2012/11/17 17:03 UTC
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linux lubuntu HD4000 intel ivy-bridge 8gb 1600 ram.

I am getting a duplicate entry error message from synaptic package manager and it says the problem is there. I am wondering a few things:

What this directory is.
Whether it safe to simply delete the offending duplicates from there.
Whether this is a useful new discovery... Is this where all the packages I have no use for end up and something I can edit to suit my fancy in the long run? It would be nice to be able to reduce the clutter in my package manager. Especially find a way to get rid of all the 32 bit stuff or older versions of programs I have downloaded manually elsewhere.

I had meant to post this in linux! So if this is wrong place let me know and I will move it there!

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