404 failed to fetch package
Solution 1
It may be best that you reset your sources.list to the default. Replace what's in /etc/apt/sources.list
entirely with:
###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted universe multiverse
###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner
###### Ubuntu Extras Repo
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main
Then do sudo apt-get update
and the 404's should stop.
Backup sources.list before you do something destructive like an in-place sed replace on it in the future (e.g. sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup
.
Hope that helps!
NOTE: I used http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ to generate the above sources loosely based off your current sources.list — check it out if you want to tweak it.
Solution 2
The issue is that 14.10 isn't maintained anymore.
I followed https://smyl.es/how-to-fix-ubuntudebian-apt-get-404-not-found-package-repository-errors-saucy-raring-quantal-oneiric-natty/ and it worked:
Normal Ubuntu releases are supported for 9 months, whereas LTS (Long Term Support) releases are supported for 5 years. Once support is up for the version of Ubuntu you are using the repository is moved to another server and will no longer be available on the standard http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist/ location.
Run this command below on your server and it will replace all of the archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com package repository URLs with old-releases.ubuntu.com
sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
My /etc/apt/sources.list
contains:
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main universe
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Okay, so I'm pretty new at this so I may not be giving you the right amount of infomation but I hope this is suffecent in helping me.
I am running Ubuntu 14.10LTS (even thought my /etc/apt/source.list says something about 13.10) and I just strated getting this "404 not found" and "failed to fetch", I've tried doing
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
,sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
grep -E 'archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
but they haven't worked, hell I think the last two things made it worse.terminal read out
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy InRelease Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release.gpg Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy Release Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main amd64 Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted amd64 Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main i386 Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Err cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted i386 Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main Translation-en_US Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/main Translation-en Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted Translation-en_US Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1) saucy/restricted Translation-en Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic InRelease Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-updates InRelease Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-proposed InRelease Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-proposed Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security InRelease Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [1,204 B] Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy InRelease Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,220 B] Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security Release.gpg Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release.gpg Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security Release Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Sources Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner i386 Packages Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en Hit http://repo.steampowered.com precise InRelease Get:3 http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Sources [549 B] Get:4 http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam amd64 Packages [604 B] Get:5 http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam i386 Packages [804 B] Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Get:6 http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/apps amd64 Packages [58.9 kB] Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en_US Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam Translation-en Get:7 http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games amd64 Packages [73.1 kB] Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Get:8 http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/apps Translation-en_US [59.7 kB] Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games Translation-en Get:9 https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main amd64 Packages Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Get:10 https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games Translation-en Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main amd64 Packages Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic InRelease Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/apps i386 Packages Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Err http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games i386 Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 104.28.25.125 80] Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games Translation-en Hit http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/apps Translation-en Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg [316 B] Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg [316 B] Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/apps Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Ign http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games Translation-en_US Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Ign http://archive.getdeb.net utopic-getdeb/games Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic InRelease Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release [15.1 kB] Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic/main Translation-en_US Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com utopic/main Translation-en Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release [15.1 kB] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/restricted Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/multiverse Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/restricted amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/restricted i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe i386 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/multiverse i386 Packages 404 Not Found Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Translation-en_US Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Translation-en Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/multiverse Translation-en Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/restricted Translation-en Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Translation-en Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages [7,100 B] Get:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages [7,100 B] Get:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en [2,624 B] Get:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources [17.2 kB] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Sources Err http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Err http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Sources 404 Not Found Err http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main amd64 Packages 404 Not Found Err http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net utopic/main Translation-en Fetched 126 kB in 36s (3,431 B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/InRelease W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-proposed/InRelease W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' W: Failed to fetch http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-proposed/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com' W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/utopic-getdeb/games/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 104.28.25.125 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexmurray/indicator-sensors/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexmurray/indicator-sensors/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
/etc/apt/source.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release amd64 (20131016.1)]/ saucy main restricted # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic universe deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic universe deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates universe deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic multiverse deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic multiverse deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates multiverse deb-src http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu saucy partner ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party ## developers who want to ship their latest software. deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main deb http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
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LittleByBlue over 9 yearsyou are using
saucy
mirrors forutopic
.saucy
is an EOL distro, you may need to remove these mirrors. try to useInRelease
instead ofRealese
? and why are you fetchingutopic
packages from old-releases.ubuntu.com? Maybe you messed your sources.list a bit up? -
Admin almost 8 yearsAh, It is a duplicate
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Admin almost 8 yearsDon't use saucy mirrors! utopic and saucy is EOL distros!
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719016 over 7 yearsI also had to get rid of the country mirror prefix, e.g.:
s/gb.//
. Thanks for figuring this out!