apt-get upgrade: giving 403 Forbidden error for almost all the links
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Solution 1
You need to fix source.list and switch to country's default repository mirror as it is not permitting you to download packages without authentication. You need to edit file /etc/apt/source.list
sudo nano /etc/apt/source.list
Replace content with following content
###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse
###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
After that you will be able to update and upgrade system
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Solution 2
- Open (or go to) Software & Updates
- Click or expand Download from
- Choose Other...
- Click on Select Best Server - you will see "Testing download servers..."
- After it finishes, click on Choose server
- Close
- Reload
- That's it.
Go ahead and run sudo apt-get update.
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Pearl Yadav
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Pearl Yadav over 1 year
I am a college student and I am getting this error almost for a month. I first thought it was a server error,but I am pretty sure now that it has nothing to do with server as I have tried every server and none of it was profitable.I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for months but this error only presented itself now. Here is my Output for sudo apt-get update :
Hit:1 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:4 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Hit:7 http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu artful InRelease Get:8 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:10 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Get:11 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB] Get:12 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [397 kB] Get:13 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [454 kB] Get:14 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [169 kB] Get:15 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [234 kB] Get:16 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [52.2 kB] Get:17 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [99.1 kB] Get:18 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [588 kB] Get:19 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [581 kB] Get:20 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [161 kB] Get:21 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [195 kB] Get:22 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [187 kB] Get:23 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [323 kB] Get:24 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [6,372 B] Get:25 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [6,524 B] Get:26 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] Get:27 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5,812 B] Get:28 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [168 kB] Get:29 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [218 kB] Get:30 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [84.0 kB] Get:31 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B] Get:32 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [101 kB] Get:33 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [99.8 kB] Get:34 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [56.5 kB] Get:35 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [10.6 kB] Get:36 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [9,088 B] Get:37 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [20.1 kB] Get:38 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,608 B] Get:39 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,440 B] Fetched 4,479 kB in 47s (96.3 kB/s) Reading package lists... Donesudo apt-get upgrade :
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: libgnome-desktop-3-17 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic netplan.io nodejs nodejs-dev wireshark-common wireshark-qt The following packages will be upgraded: libssh-4 libssh-gcrypt-4 nplan ubuntu-keyring 4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. Need to get 364 kB of archives. After this operation, 5,120 B of additional disk space will be used. Ign:1 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 ubuntu-keyring all 2018.09.18.1~18.04.0 Ign:2 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 nplan all 0.40.1~18.04.3 Ign:3 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libssh-4 amd64 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2 Ign:4 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libssh-gcrypt-4 amd64 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2 Err:1 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 ubuntu-keyring all 2018.09.18.1~18.04.0 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] Err:2 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 nplan all 0.40.1~18.04.3 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] Err:3 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libssh-4 amd64 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] Err:4 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libssh-gcrypt-4 amd64 0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/ubuntu-keyring/ubuntu-keyring_2018.09.18.1~18.04.0_all.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/netplan.io/nplan_0.40.1~18.04.3_all.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libssh/libssh-4_0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libssh/libssh-gcrypt-4_0.8.0~20170825.94fa1e38-1ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.19.137.75 80] E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?Sources.list :
###### Ubuntu Main Repos deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse ###### Ubuntu Update Repos deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiversels /etc/apt/sources.list.d
$ ls fossproject-ubuntu-ppa-artful.list pbek-ubuntu-qownnotes-artful.list.distUpgrade webupd8team-ubuntu-brackets-bionic.list.save fossproject-ubuntu-ppa-artful.list.distUpgrade pbek-ubuntu-qownnotes-artful.list.save webupd8team-ubuntu-java-artful.list fossproject-ubuntu-ppa-artful.list.save vscode.list webupd8team-ubuntu-java-artful.list.distUpgrade google-chrome.list vscode.list.save webupd8team-ubuntu-java-artful.list.save google-chrome.list.distUpgrade webupd8team-ubuntu-atom-bionic.list wireshark-dev-ubuntu-stable-zesty.list google-chrome.list.save webupd8team-ubuntu-atom-bionic.list.save wireshark-dev-ubuntu-stable-zesty.list.distUpgrade pbek-ubuntu-qownnotes-artful.list webupd8team-ubuntu-brackets-bionic.list wireshark-dev-ubuntu-stable-zesty.list.saveI have tried almost everything but nothing helped. I am not dual booting or anything my normal OS is Ubuntu.Please help me...
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Soren A over 5 yearsHave you tried to select some other repository ?
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsI am using la-mirrors.evowise.com because in the software centre when i chose Best Server this server shows up. But i Have tried Main Server. I dont have a proxy in apt.conf. I also deleted partially downloaded files but nothing's happening.
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsHow can i select other repos??
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abu-ahmed al-khatiri over 5 yearsdid you update and upgrade your apt, after you edited the list? , if you did it, based from your newsources.listthe list ofsources.list.dnot like that!!! -
Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsI have tried to update and upgrade after moving the files of sources.list.d to a temporary location,,,but still no updates on the error.
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user535733 over 5 yearsYou are a college student...are you using a school network? If so, looks like you perhaps are not signed in to that network, or are not using that network's required proxy. If so, those would be questions for your network provider (not Ubuntu). If it's a laptop, connect to an off-campus network and see if you get a different result. -
abu-ahmed al-khatiri over 5 yearsPossible duplicate of 403 Forbidden error in sudo apt-get upgrade ubuntu 17.4
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsNo, that method didn't worked for me
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abu-ahmed al-khatiri over 5 yearswhat the output of
cat /etc/hosts && cat /etc/resolv.conf -
Pearl Yadav over 5 yearscat /etc/hosts :
127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 p3l # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters -
Pearl Yadav over 5 yearscat /etc/resolv.conf :
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN # 127.0.0.53 is the systemd-resolved stub resolver. # run "systemd-resolve --status" to see details about the actual nameservers. nameserver 127.0.0.53 nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 -
abu-ahmed al-khatiri over 5 yearsi think that's problem, try to remove your
8.8.8.8and8.8.4.4saved and restart your OS!! -
Rafael Barros about 5 yearsIn my case, my infra admin was blocking the mirror host.
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsSorry, not working,Still same errors been showing...
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Darryl Williams over 5 yearsYou should remove other source lists
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsWhere can i Find them?
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abu-ahmed al-khatiri over 5 years@PearlYadav you still have
ZestyRepository. change it fromdeb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty maintodeb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic mainand remove the 3rd-party repository like as mentioned of @KetanPatel -
Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsI did...Nothing Happened.
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Darryl Williams over 5 yearsCheck and remove every file which is content in /etc/apt/source.list.d/ directory.
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearsStill..Nothing Changed...
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Darryl Williams over 5 yearsCan you list content of /etc/apt/source.list and every file of /etc/apt/source.list.d/ directory ?
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Pearl Yadav over 5 yearscheck my question i edited
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Darryl Williams over 5 yearsremove each and every third party source list sudo rm -f /etc/apt/source.list.d/*
