Bugs within apt-get on a fresh install. Hash Sum Mismatch.

[ExtremeFish]

Ok, after a fresh install of Kali and a new user account created I proceeded to update the thing..
Problems problems problems and then magically fixes itself. There are some issues going on
here which are making updating Kali very unreliable...


admin@kali:~$ sudo apt-get clean
admin@kali:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://http.kali.org sana InRelease
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates InRelease
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main Sources
Get:1 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Sources [64.1 kB]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Sources
Get:2 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Sources [20 B]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Sources
Get:3 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Sources [20 B]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main amd64 Packages
Get:4 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main amd64 Packages [201 kB]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 265 kB in 4s (54.2 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://security.kali.org/kali-securi...source/Sources Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


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Then after 15 retries and 20 mins later, it magically works...

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admin@kali:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for admin:
Hit http://http.kali.org sana InRelease
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates InRelease
Get:1 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Sources [64.7 kB]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main Sources
Get:2 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Sources [20 B]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Sources
Get:3 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Sources [20 B]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Sources
Get:4 http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main amd64 Packages [201 kB]
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org sana/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org sana/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://security.kali.org sana/updates/non-free Translation-en
Fetched 64.7 kB in 4s (13.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

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When you receive this problem, just leave it for half hour and try it again..

I have Kali installed on a few different systems, persistent USB's and used
the Kali VM also.. I can confirm these errors are happening about 25%
of the time for me.

Also, connecting from the UK sometimes uses local mirrors that are slow..
I'm talking 1 KB a second.. I have had to activate the VPN and connect
from elsewhere in order to be able to download updates at a reasonable
speed.

Good luck

[g0tmi1k]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.kali.org/kali-securi...source/Sources Hash Sum mismatch

This happens when you try and use a mirror thats sync'ing up. Just need to wait it out.