Unable to use Ubuntu software centre

[vivek40]

Hii ! please find the result of the command below: seems like nothing is working:-

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
vivek@host:~$

[philinux]

Go into system>admin>software sources and change the server to say Main.

[vivek40]

Hii thanks a lot Philinux...that seems to have solved the issue...!! was it a server issue?

[philinux]

Hii thanks a lot Philinux...that seems to have solved the issue...!! was it a server issue?

When that happens almost certainly yes.