Where to get updates ?

[sarahfoxnz]

hello. when going to my update manager - it says the archives / updates are over 200+ days old (see image)

Question 1 :- how do i know WHERE my computer is checking the archives / updates from ?

Question 2 :- Where can i find a more up-to-date place to get updates from ?

Question 3 :- how do I change the settings to get the updates from new location ??

(I have frequent updates top my PC - so if i'm updating every day / every few days - why does it say over 200+ days ago ?)

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[bapoumba]

Which Ubuntu release are you on ?
You can check the Software Sources to see which repos you are using.

Please also post the output to :

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d

[sarahfoxnz]

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Is this whaty is needed ?

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.04 _Natty Narwhal_ - Release amd64 (20110427.1)]/ natty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe

## 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
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
sarah@LinuxPC:~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d
dropbox.list google-earth.list.save
dropbox.list.save google.list
google-chrome.list google.list.save
google-chrome.list.save otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-precise.list
google-earth.list otto-kesselgulasch-gimp-precise.list.save
sarah@LinuxPC:~$


PS are my imges Ok ? seem a bit small.

[bapoumba]

OK thanks.

Please post the output to

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

That will refresh your repos listing and upgrade your current packages to the newest versions for Precise.

[buzzingrobot]

Question 1 :- how do i know WHERE my computer is checking the archives / updates from ?

The servers -- aka repositories -- where your software updates are drawn from are listed in sources.list.

From the listing in your sources.list file, the server at 'http:// nz.archive.ubuntu.com" is used most often. So, it's the server Canonical maintains for New Zealand.

When you run "sudo apt-get update" in a terminal, or refresh the Update Manager, what's happening is that a list of packages installed on your machines is compared with a list of software maintained on that server to determine if newer version are available. The actual upgrade, either via the Update Manager of with "sudo apt-get upgrade" downloads and install the updates.

[sarahfoxnz]

OK thanks.

Please post the output to

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

That will refresh your repos listing and upgrade your current packages to the newest versions for Precise.

Hello. I've donbe the above two commands & there are a few errors reported.

sarah@LinuxPC:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for sarah:
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Get:2 http://linux.dropbox.com precise Release.gpg [489 B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Get:4 http://linux.dropbox.com precise Release [2,603 B]
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:5 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable Release
Get:6 http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main amd64 Packages [1,143 B]
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release

Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:7 http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,143 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main Translation-en_NZ
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_NZ
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Fetched 5,846 B in 5s (1,004 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com stable Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG A040830F7FAC5991 Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key <linux-packages-keymaster@google.com>
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 16126D3A3E5C1192 Ubuntu Extras Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_b inary-amd64_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_b inary-i386_Packages)
sarah@LinuxPC:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
sarah@LinuxPC:~$

Update: ive been to my update manager & it says the things are 246= days old (forget exact wording).

i am not worried or anything, but - if i use manager (a few days ago) & download 100+ MB of updates - it SJOULD say the updates / archives or watever wee last updated 3 days ago (or something small) - within the time I last updated & todays / now date. shouldn't it ?

& If it HASN'T been updated since 246= days ago - my computer should in theory have all the updates available & no more is needed. i'm not concerned - just curious. it says one thing, but doing another.