Failed to fetch error during update -- Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa

[bukaida]

I am new to linux. So, I am listing up what I tried so far blindly following similar threads in this forum...

bash-4.3# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    LinuxMint
Description:    Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Release:    17.3
Codename:    rosa

Then the ping

bash-4.3# ping -c3 ubuntu.com
PING ubuntu.com (91.189.94.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=163 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=163 ms
64 bytes from ovinnik.canonical.com (91.189.94.40): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=164 ms

--- ubuntu.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 163.332/163.682/164.350/0.576 ms

The sources

bash-4.3# grep "^[^#]" /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list:deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb apps 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonathonf-python-3_6-trusty.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/python-3.6/ubuntu trusty main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonathonf-python-3_6-trusty.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/python-3.6/ubuntu trusty main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://packages.linuxmint.com rosa main upstream import 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://extra.linuxmint.com rosa main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list:deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-trusty.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-trusty.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

Tried to remove and perform clean update

rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/*
apt-get clean && apt-get update

And got the following errors after few successful header updates

Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/wily-getdeb/Release.gpg  Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/wily-getdeb/apps/binary-i386/Packages  Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/wily-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-en_IN  Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/wily-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-en  Connection failed
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Please help. I am not being able to install/upgrade anything in the system.

[deadflowr]

Thread moved to Mint

You need to remove the getdeb ppa, as it's listing it for the wily version of Ubuntu and that has not been supported for years now.
Once you remove the getdeb ppa, you can try adding it again properly from here:
https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/ge...ps?dist=trusty

scratch that, it looks like the getdeb repos are down and out. Maybe there is another getdeb repository somewhere, but the current one seems gone.

[bukaida]

This is the content of sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 17.3 _Rosa_ - Release i386 20151129]/ trusty contrib main non-free

[Yellow Pasque]

Delete the getdeb.list file:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list
sudo apt-get update

It contains only references to Ubuntu 15.10/Wily, which has long been EOL. I'm not even sure getdeb.net is around anymore. If it is around and you need something from it, you can add it back with a valid distro (like trusty or xenial).

[bukaida]

Thanks for the reference. I have removed getdeb.ppa via Administrator-->Software Manager. In your reference, I found a link for alternative mirrors. They specified it as

Add the following software sources:

deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps

deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps

then get the software source key by copying and pasting the following in a terminal:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A8A515F046D7E7CF

sudo apt-get update

And it worked.
I have run both 'update' and then 'upgrade' command. It is still running without any problem and doing lots of things. Hope it will upgrade everything to latest ( or does it require anything else?).
Thanks for the help.

Just found out my linux version is not upgraded, only modules were upgraded

bash-4.3# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    LinuxMint
Description:    Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Release:    17.3
Codename:    rosa

[Yellow Pasque]

I found a link for alternative mirrors.

Once again, you are using an outdated/EOL version (lucid). Although the lucid repo may still exist, it's more likely to contain old packages and/or cause package conflicts with your trusty-based system.
You should use these repos if you really need something from getdeb on your Mint 17.x system:

deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps
deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps

Just found out my linux version is not upgraded,

What do you mean? Are you trying to upgrade to a later version of Mint?

[bukaida]

Once again, you are using an outdated/EOL version (lucid). Although the lucid repo may still exist, it's more likely to contain old packages and/or cause package conflicts with your trusty-based system.
You should use these repos if you really need something from getdeb on your Mint 17.x system:

deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps
deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps

What do you mean? Are you trying to upgrade to a later version of Mint?

Yes, exactly just to get rid of all the obsolete stuffs without disturbing existing user files or softwares. Any method to do it online ?

[Yellow Pasque]

https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2316

[mörgæs]

It seems like you have been upgrading in many iterations and various cruft is left behind. You might save yourself trouble by doing a fresh install.