Why does apt-get keep waiting for headers on Oracle repository?
- by hughdbrown
I have this at the end of my /etc/apt/sources.list to retrieve Oracle code:
deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free
When I run sudo apt-get update, the app gets stuck displaying this message:
100% [Waiting for headers]
If I remove this, apt-get update runs without error.
Is there a new, recommended URL for Oracle products and, generally, how do you fix this problem?
I am pretty sure this did not happen on 11.10 and has only started with the move to 12.04.
I have seen these answers and they do not help:
apt-get update stuck on "Waiting for Headers"
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1689579
http://muffinresearch.co.uk/archives/2010/03/30/linux-fix-for-apt-get-update-waiting-for-headers/
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?57567-Ubuntu-problems-on-update
