unable to update the vm using apt-get update, throwing 403 permission denied error

[kailashms]

Hi All,

I have 4 Ubuntu 1604 boxes and when i want to install any package it tells , 403 forbidden error.
we have tried to run below commands

#apt-get clean
#cd /var/lib/apt
mv lists lists_old
mkdir -p lists/partial
apt-get clean
apt-get update

But afte this also we could see the same issue.
We have removed the file and copied the content from a working vm, but still the same.

when we try to install any package we get the following error

cat /etc/apt/sources.list|grep "xenial-updates"
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package walinuxagent is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'walinuxagent' has no installation candidate
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt-get search walinuxagent
E: Invalid operation search
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt-get search walinuxagent
E: Invalid operation search
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt search walinuxagent
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt search WALinuxAgent
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt-get install elinks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package

Any assistance on this highly appreciated

Thanks Kailash B

[wildmanne39]

Thread moved to New to Ubuntu for a better fit.

[ian-weisser]

root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt-get search walinuxagent
E: Invalid operation search

That's not a 403 error.
That is the expected behavior.
apt-get does not have a 'search' function anymore. Use 'apt search' instead.

root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt-get install elinks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package

That's not a 403 error.
Since elinks has been in the Universe repository since before 12.04, check your apt sources to ensure that you have Universe enabled.


If you are getting a 403 error when running 'apt update', then check your apt sources for a typo or an obsolete repo, or try a different repo.

[kailashms]

thanks for that information
but again when you try to instal the any packages it shows the same error:

Reading package lists... Done
 Building dependency tree
 Reading state information... Done
 Package walinuxagent is not available, but is referred to by another package.
 This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
 is only available from another source
 E: Package 'walinuxagent' has no installation candidate

Also when you run the apt-get update
we are getting 403 forbiddedn for some repos
why is that

[ian-weisser]

See Post #3 for those answers.

Please use [code] tags for terminal output, to retain the formatting.

If you need help checking your list of sources, then show us the complete contents of /etc/apt/sources/list and of /etc/aptsources/list.d/*...in [code] tags, of course.

[kailashms]

root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt search walinuxagent
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~#

This is what i am getting when i run search command

[kailashms]

root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# ls -lh /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
total 0
root@SMULWEBPM2U001:~# apt search walinuxagent


## Note, this file is written by cloud-init on first boot of an instance
## modifications made here will not survive a re-bundle.
## if you wish to make changes you can:
## a.) add 'apt_preserve_sources_list: true' to /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
##     or do the same in user-data
## b.) add sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
## c.) make changes to template file /etc/cloud/templates/sources.list.tmpl
 
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
 
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-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://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-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://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
deb http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
 
## 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://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
 
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-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 xenial partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner

[wildmanne39]

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[ian-weisser]

Try a different mirror.

[kailashms]

tried that one as well.