Fix `Error: Timeout was reached ` when doing `apt-get update`

fix-broken-apt-get-update.sh

#!/bin/bash

# source: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/apt-get-update-gets-stuck-while-reading-package-list-on-my-slug-795324/

mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.broken.bak
cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
dpkg --configure -a
aptitude update
aptitude upgrade
aptitude install -f