Persistent Error Message

[twoseids]

Whenever I try to do any upgrading (whether with Synaptic or through the Terminal), I get the following error message:

W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hoary_main_bina ry-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

It doesn't seem to prevent the upgrading or downloading, but it is a pain in the butt. I'm guessing it's an easy fix, but I'm a total noob so I don't know where to fix it.

Anyone able to help?

[ape]

What does your current /etc/apt/sources.list file contain? From the looks of the error message, you probably have one of the entries misconfigured or outdated.

[twoseids]

What does your current /etc/apt/sources.list file contain? From the looks of the error message, you probably have one of the entries misconfigured or outdated.
## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
## after the final release of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## 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
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse

## Backports
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted

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This is the most recent according to the Ubuntu Starter Guide, right?

[ape]

Your sources.list looks good. From the terminal if you do an `apt-get update` (as root or using sudo), do you get any errors while the package lists are being downloaded?

[twoseids]

Your sources.list looks good. From the terminal if you do an `apt-get update` (as root or using sudo), do you get any errors while the package lists are being downloaded?
Okay just tried that. Sorry, I don't know what's pertinent so I'm just going to post the whole output below:

Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports Release
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security Release [16.9kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary Release.gpg [189B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary Release.gpg [189B]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary Release
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/main Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/universe Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/multiverse Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/restricted Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/main Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/universe Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/multiverse Packages
Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/restricted Packages
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates Release [16.8kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/multiverse Packages
Get:7 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/main Packages [24.3kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main Packages
Get:8 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/universe Packages [36.2kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/universe Sources
Get:9 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/multiverse Packages [438B]
Get:10 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/restricted Packages [381B]
Get:11 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/main Packages [2490B]
Get:12 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/universe Packages [2411B]
Get:13 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/multiverse Packages [33B]
Get:14 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/restricted Packages [4885B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary-updates/restricted Sources
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages [636kB]
99% [15 Packages gzip 0]
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 105kB in 5s (18.3kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hoary_main_bina ry-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hoary_main_bina ry-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[twoseids]

Anyone else have any ideas?

[twoseids]

Bueller?

Bueller?

[Viziri]

I'm having same problem...

[sgh1947]

I'm having the same problem too.

[fartbarker]

lol me too

[twoseids]

Dang, I saw that there were new replies and I got all jazzed - then it seems it's just others with my problem! LOL

We should make a pact to tell the others what the solution is, if we ever find out ourselves...