au.archive.ubuntu.com down??

[tim356]

I've been trying to install several things this morning and every time I try to get a package, I get an error something along the lines of:

Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/[package here]
Could not connect to au.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (211.29.132.173). - connect (111 Connection refused)

Is there a server down or something, does anyone know??

[mrgnash]

I had the same problem yesterday; necessitating that I remove the 'au' prefix. Haven't checked it again today.

[claw123]

It appears that au.archive.ubuntu.com resolves to an Optus mirror, which responds to pings but rejects HTTP requests. It's been unavailable for a few days now, so bear with it for a little while longer, or switch to another ubuntu mirror.

Incidently, the same server is used as the AU mirror for sourceforge. If you ask me, it's silly that AU has only one mirror, but one is better than none :lolflag:

[Seisen]

As of right now its still down and has been down for about two days.

[zanglang]

Had the same problem, you could probably trying using one of the local universities' mirrors (I'm on http://mirrors.uwa.edu.au), or either one of these:
http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu
http://www.planetmirror.com/pub/ubuntu
http://ftp.filearena.net/pub/ubuntu
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ubuntu

[oz_ollie]

The au archive is still down Friday 20070727 0945 EST and has been inaccessible for a few days.

The easiest way to overcome this is edit the /etc/apt/sources.list and remove the "au." from the front of each repository. Then run "sudo apt-get update" and then you can do any upgrades or installations directly from the repositories.

[Barney]

I have been getting the following error message(s), without the "au" here in NY:

Any help for this?

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/source/Sources.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/source/Sources.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

[Seisen]

I have been getting the following error message(s), without the "au" here in NY:

Any help for this?

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/source/Sources.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/source/Sources.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

Post your source list by opening up a terminal and putting this in it.

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[Barney]

sources list follows:

## Automatix sources.list
## This is automatically generated by Automatix


####################################
### Official Ubuntu Repositories ###
####################################

# Dapper Final Release Repository
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse

# Dapper Security Updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

# Dapper Bugfix Updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates multiverse

# Dapper Backports (new software versions, provided by the Ubuntu Backports Project)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main


##############################
### Automatix Repositories ###
##############################

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt dapper main

## created by automatixrepo3

[Seisen]

Delete all the ones in bold then sudo apt-get update if you still get the same errors let me know.

## Automatix sources.list
## This is automatically generated by Automatix


####################################
### Official Ubuntu Repositories ###
####################################

# Dapper Final Release Repository
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper multiverse

# Dapper Security Updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security multiverse

# Dapper Bugfix Updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates multiverse

# Dapper Backports (new software versions, provided by the Ubuntu Backports Project)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main


##############################
### Automatix Repositories ###
##############################

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt dapper main

[Barney]

Getting closer, only one error code:

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

[Seisen]

Change this line deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
so it looks like this

#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse then run sudo apt-get update if you don't get any errors then go back and take the # out of that line so it looks like this

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse then run sudo apt-get update again and let me know if that got rid of the error.

[Barney]

Followed above guidance; and

Same error code(s):

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/sou rce/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/main/sou rce/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)

[Barney]

Seisen,

Does this look better?

earlygirl@Dell3000:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://www.getautomatix.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://www.getautomatix.com dapper Release
Hit http://www.getautomatix.com dapper/main Packages
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release.gpg [191B]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Sources
Fetched 6B in 1s (4B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

....no errors!

[Barney]

Perhaps a little more explanation for how I worked around my problem. I went into synaptic and found duplicates in the /Settings/Repositories, which I then "unchecked," and this seemed to add a # sign in front of the line where I had duplicates in my sources list ...to negate the lines ??

Fumbling along here trying to learn!

Thanks for your help, and any more suggestions.

Barney

[Seisen]

Fumbling along here trying to learn!

Sometimes that is the best way to learn.:lolflag: