Ubuntu apt-get unable to fetch packages
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Just installed Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) and anything I try to install via sudo apt-get install is failing and throwing a series of 404 erros.
Example - installing tmux
[jeeves@HAL] hadoop > sudo apt-get install tmux
[sudo] password for jeeves:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tmux
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 247 kB of archives.
After this operation, 577 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
tmux
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? Y
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main tmux amd64 1.8-4
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tmux/tmux_1.8-4_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
In this case it can't fetch an archive URL.
I get something similar when installing mysql-server
....
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.627-1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
....
... and numerous other packages.
I even tried sudo apt-get update and running with --fix-missing?
Is the Ubuntu repository just down (which seems odd given how many people rely on it) or did I miss something?
EDIT: Here's what happens when I try sudo apt-get update. The update itself doesn't work because of resources that can't be found
> sudo apt-get update
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Ubuntu Solutions
Solution 1 - Ubuntu
Ran into a similar issue.
This is linked to using a non LTS version of Ubuntu called an "End of life version". As those have discontinued support. You can check if your Ubuntu is at the end of life version on this link.
The simplest solution is to do the following two steps:
- Backup your sources list
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup - Open the sources file
/etc/apt/sources.listand rename all the instances of us.archive or archive in
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
to
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Also do the same for the http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages
- Run
sudo apt-get updateafter doing the above.
That should fix the issue.
Warning: Please update your ubuntu to an LTS version as soon as possible otherwise you won't be getting the latest security patches. This is definitely not a solution that you would deploy on production machines.
Solution 2 - Ubuntu
I tried using :
sudo do-release-upgrade
and then use :
sudo apt-get update
after that you will be able to install any packages.
If this did not worked for you try to change the network conf in apt.conf
Solution 3 - Ubuntu
Just for the sake of any Googlers, if you're getting this error while building a Docker image, preface the failing RUN command with
apt-get update &&
This happens when Docker uses a cached image. Why the cached image wouldn't have the latest repo information the second time around is totally beyond me, but prefacing every single apt-get with an update does solve the problem.
Solution 4 - Ubuntu
I have been fighting the same thing for a while.
after all the research, this is the best solution.....
add the following to your resolve.conf file /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
https://serverfault.com/questions/717226/ubuntu14-04-unable-to-apt-get-update/771826#771826
Solution 5 - Ubuntu
For simplicity sake here is what I did.
cd /etc/apt
mkdir test
cp sources.lst test
cd test
sed -i -- 's/us.archive/old-releases/g' *
sed -i -- 's/security/old-releases/g' *
cp sources.lst ../
sudo apt-get update
Solution 6 - Ubuntu
In my case it failed to fetch be.archives.ubuntu.com (Belgium) so I generated a new sources.plist on this link as recommended by the accepted answer.
The thing that solved it for me was just to change the country to United States when generating the sources.plist. Then I could run this again.
apt-get update
Solution 7 - Ubuntu
ON MAC: Nothing was helping until I realised ScreenTime was blocking the update website! Turning off content filtering fix it
Solution 8 - Ubuntu
I got this issue when the Virtualbox had the wrong networking. I've updated to NAT and was able to get on internet and download packages from us.archive.ubuntu.com
Solution 9 - Ubuntu
This can be caused by the use of a proxy as well. Check if you have proxy definitions in the /etc/environment file:
cat /etc/environment
If you have anything with http_proxy or https_proxy upper or lower case then unset each of them.
Solution 10 - Ubuntu
Ran into issues like, while running sudo apt-get install python3-env on Ubuntu WSL:
Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 python3.5-venv amd64 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.9
404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1360:8001::23 80]
Running
> sudo apt-get update
fixed those issues.
Solution 11 - Ubuntu
After trying all the suggestions given here and other threads like this one I still couldn't get apt_get to work on my Vagrant Ubuntu 16.04. In the end removing the file apt.conf from /etc/apt resolved the issue for me. My remaining files in that directory are:
vagrant@default:~$ ls -l /etc/apt/
total 68
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 15 12:20 apt.conf.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 21 2019 auth.conf.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Mar 19 19:50 preferences
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2016 preferences.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3166 Sep 10 15:55 sources.list
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 16:04 sources.list.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17640 Mar 19 20:04 trusted.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17281 Mar 19 20:01 trusted.gpg~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 13:45 trusted.gpg.d
Solution 12 - Ubuntu
If you're having the issue with VirtualBox and a Virtual Machine I fixed it by changing Settings -> Network -> Attached To from NAT to Bridged Adapter
Solution 13 - Ubuntu
As Tariq Khan suggested, I did the same thing and it worked out..
FIX UBUNTU 14.10 UNICORN APT-GET UPDATE
Backup the repo first
$ sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup
$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
rename us.archive or archive in http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ as http://old-release.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
rename http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages as http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages
$ sudo apt-get update
Solution 14 - Ubuntu
I recently had an issue with apt-get update getting stuck at 0%;
> 0% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1360:8001::21)]
Could be some sort of DNS issue on ipv6. I just add this as a workaround;
-o Acquire::ForceIPv4=true
Solution 15 - Ubuntu
I tried this really interesting solution today, which worked for me on an Ubuntu server. Some DNS or another issue in the apt was making it adamant to not installing some packages from a custom PPA. What I did was install the apt-fast package and use it to install my packages instead of apt.
apt-fast is an alternative to apt which works on top of apt but uses aria2c to download packages. It is used to increase the download speed. In my case, it also solved whatever network problem was making apt to fail.
Using it is exactly the same as apt:
sudo apt-fast install package-name