Gateway timeout when running apt-get update

Question

When I run apt-get update on my ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, I get the following error messages

Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/communitheme/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease        
  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
Err:3 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease          
  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
Err:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
Err:5 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
Err:6 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
W: Failed to fetch http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
W: Failed to fetch http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/InRelease  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/communitheme/ppa/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease  504  Gateway Timeout [IP: 135.245.192.7 8000]
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I'm not sure what is going wrong and I haven't found a solution on google yet. Is this an error on my part? I don't remember changing anything on my install.

Solution

_{This is not obvious what is your network config. I do not have enough reputation score to ask more info in comment, sorry}

Looks similar to "Unable to connect" error with apt-get: possible proxy?

I believe 135.245.192.7:8000 is the proxy server and port.
"Gateway timeout" tells us the proxy is busy.
Please try some other time.

Or do you have a chance to change the proxy?

Please compare the proxy setting in browser and current APT settings, probably in /etc/apt/apt.conf or /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf. As per your questions you have access to internet via browser.

Here are references for the apt proxy

• https://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/linux/administration-linux/how-to-set-the-proxy-for-apt-for-ubuntu-18-04/

  Acquire {
    http::Proxy "http://user:[email protected]:port/";
    https::Proxy "http://user:[email protected]:port/";
  }```
  

• apt.conf "Acquire::http:Proxy "proxyserver:port" seems not to be used (Ubuntu 13.04 under Virtual Box on Win7)

Comments

[PieterV]

Indeed, apparently I had an outdated proxy config. Thanks!