error in downloading repositories indexes

[sainath90]

i'm having a problem in downloading the repository indexes.its giving me the following error.

""Could not download all repository indexes
The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc2/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc2/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.""

Though its giving a msg saying check ur network connection,my net connection is fine.
Can anyone please suggest me a solution....

[runeh76]

Hi

What Ubuntu distro?

[oldos2er]

That PPA only offers packages for Lucid (10.04).

[sainath90]

@runeh:im using maverick

[sainath90]

@ann:so,how can i solve this problem

[runeh76]

edit: deleted wrong information!!

[runeh76]

Its old VLC repository.
Add these ur software sources list AND remove those old ones:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

Terminal:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 71346C8340130828


sudo apt-get update

[sainath90]

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

the above are the errors which occured after i entered the code in the terminal

[runeh76]

pls post ur sources.list:


gksu cat /etc/apt/sources.list


edit: Try this first:
If you have Synaptic Package Manager, Adept Package Manager, Update Manager, or Add/Remove open, close it. Run next commands:


sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock


sudo apt-get clean


sudo apt-get autoclean


sudo apt-get update

[checoimg]

pls post ur sources.list:


gksu cat /etc/apt/sources.list


edit: Try this first:
If you have Synaptic Package Manager, Adept Package Manager, Update Manager, or Add/Remove open, close it. Run next commands:


sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock


sudo apt-get clean


sudo apt-get autoclean


sudo apt-get update



Second part seems to work for me It's updating already

[Tiddens]

Same problem, with Ubuntu 10.04: Please help. Thanks!

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Could not download all repository indexes


NO_PUBKEY FF370EF786F4C28EFailed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xmbc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


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root@waveuser-laptop:/usr/share/gnome# sudo apt-get update
Ign http://apt.boxee.tv lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://apt.boxee.tv/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/markus-tisoft/rt3090/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://apt.boxee.tv lucid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xmbc/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://apt.boxee.tv lucid/main Packages
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
404 Not Found
Fetched 308B in 0s (324B/s)
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FF370EF786F4C28E
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xmbc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


************************************************** **************************


root@waveuser-laptop:/usr/share/gnome# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid 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/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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 lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates restricted main multiverse universe

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Maybe this xmbc website link will help http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Installing_XBMC_for_Linux

[Tiddens]

This has something to do with XMBC? And it is blocking all of my updates? Actually, I thought I unstalled XMBC. I don't need it. How do I get rid of it? Thanks!

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Using the menus "System > Administration > Update Manager" open the update manager. Then click on the tabs until you find one where the PPA for xmbc is located. Then remove the check in the checkbox.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

If there is no PPA listed in update manager, it may be necessary to clean out the update lists that may still have xmbc in them due to partial updates. You can do that by entering these commands in the terminal
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I'm a little slow right know as it is time for me to go to bed :)

[Tiddens]

Uh-oh - that caused the following errors:

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser# sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser# sudo apt-get update
E: Lists directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing.
root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser#


root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser# sudo apt-get update
E: Lists directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing.


************************************************** ***


Using Update Manager;


Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.


Lists directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing.

[Tiddens]

And here is this:

root@waveuser-laptop:/home/waveuser# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid 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/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates restricted main multiverse universe

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Uh-oh - that caused the following errors:
......

You're running as root; which is not recommended, so just type in the following commands
mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
apt-get update and post the errors you get. In the future don't hijack another thread.

[Tiddens]

Thanks! I really appreciate your help. Sorry about hijacking a thread. I don't have problems often enough to remember how to start a new thread and couldn't see anything to click on to do it. Also, I use root because half the time I try to do something it doesn't let me without being root.

If you are ever in San Diego, I'd look forward to meeting you...

The updating was finally successful, with one error remaining if you can advise how I can get rid of it:

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FF370EF786F4C28E


************************************************** ****


root@waveuser-laptop:/usr/share# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid 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.

## 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/ lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-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.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Thanks! I really appreciate your help. Sorry about hijacking a thread. I don't have problems often enough to remember how to start a new thread and couldn't see anything to click on to do it. Also, I use root because half the time I try to do something it doesn't let me without being root.

If you are ever in San Diego, I'd look forward to meeting you...

The updating was finally successful, with one error remaining if you can advise how I can get rid of it:

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FF370EF786F4C28E....

Enter these commands to get the GPG Key
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv FF370EF786F4C28E
gpg --export --armor FF370EF786F4C28E | sudo apt-key add -

Because I didn't realize you were running as root until your third post; I could have gien you commands unknowingly that could have destroyed your system.

[Tiddens]

Thanks! That did it - the update runs clean now. I found the "New Thread" button is only on the Main Support Category pages - I'll copy and paste this note in my "cheatsheet" file so I'll know next time. Take care.

[subehsharma]

Best method to getaway from this problem is to install fix404. You can read about it more here:

Under Ubuntu, the APT package index is a database containing all packages of repositories (PPAs) defined in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. To update this database after adding some repositories, we need to use this command from the Terminal:

sudo apt-get update

Sometimes, when running the command given above, we get error messages (404 Not Found) that are the result of wrong PPAs, which may slow down the update process via the Terminal. In fact, this 404 Not Found error messages are not harmful at all, but you can use Fix404 to detect and remove these PPAs.

To install Fix404 on Ubuntu 11.04, launch the Terminal and run these commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lkjoel/fix404
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fix404

To install on Ubuntu 10.10/10.04, download this deb package here.

To start using Fix404, run this command (root privileges required):

sudo fix404

Then follow displayed instructions to disable PPAs causing the 404 Not Found Error.