update error

[bzarnsy]

i am running ibex and would like to upgrade to jaunty rc so i checked
software sources and that's ok but when i reload in update manager or
synaptic i get this failed to fetch indexes error.

Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/Release Unable to find expected entry main'./binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release Unable to find expected entry main'./binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry main'./binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-proposed/Release Unable to find expected entry main'./binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[cariboo]

I would suggest you try a different server.

Jim

[bzarnsy]

i have tried other servers but get same error.

[Partyboi2]

Hi bzarnsy, could you open up a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and post the output to

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[bzarnsy]

bz@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates restricted main main'.

## 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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe 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 intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports restricted main multiverse universe
# deb http://cafelinux.org/Downloads/oz-os tinwoodman main
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid main'.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed restricted main multiverse main'. universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse main'. universe
bz@ubuntu:~$

[Partyboi2]

You need to fix up your sources.list. Open a terminal and type

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list then remove the parts that I have marked in red from your sources.list.

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080701)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates restricted main main'.

## 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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe 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 intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security universe
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports restricted main multiverse universe
# deb http://cafelinux.org/Downloads/oz-os tinwoodman main
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid main'.
deb http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed restricted main multiverse main'. universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse main'. universe
Then save the changes and back in the terminal type

sudo apt-get update