Errors when running apt-get update?

Question

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error)

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/raring/Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'packages.medibuntu.org:http' (-11 - System error)

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/raring/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/raring/non-free/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 173.194.46.69 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 173.194.46.69 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/non-free/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 173.194.46.69 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 173.194.46.69 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/stebbins/handbrake-releases/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

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

How can I fix this? It happens every time i run sudo apt-get update?

Solution

Most of your PPA are outdated or doesn't exist anymore. For example the last one "http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages" should be replaced with "http://ppa.launchpad.net/amith/ubuntutools/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages".

Look at your /etc/sources.list (or the files in /etc/sources.list.d) and remove or fix those lines that cause the error.

UPDATE:

The answer here should help.

Comments

[Henning Kockerbeck]

Looks like some of the respositories you're using aren't available at the URLs you configured anymore. Maybe they're still available under a different URL or they're not available anymore. For further information, see the answers to the question that @karel linked in the comment above.

[Thomas Ward]

Note that some of this is problems with non-PPAs.

[david6]

Correction: raring (13.04) replaces quantal (12.10), not the other way around.

[shaneonabike]

Also medibuntu is no more you should add videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html to get DVD read capabilities

[Raga]

sources.list may also be in /etc/apt depending on your version of Ubuntu.