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Software Update not found

Asked by Flying Tortoise

My automatic update system is failing to find the following:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
  404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
  404 Not Found

I see these files aren't on the update site, though newer versions are.

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Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said : 		#1

Try using this command:
sudo apt-get update

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Flying Tortoise (jonjospink) said : 		#2

This might have worked but I've forgotten my admin password! I rarely use the command prompt. Do I have to reinstall Ubuntu?

Andrea Corbellini <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #16923 on Ubuntu changed:
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Andrea Corbellini proposed the following answer:
Try using this command:
sudo apt-get update

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Best Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said : 		#3

If you didn't change the root password (using the passwd command), it should be the same of your user.

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Flying Tortoise (jonjospink) said : 		#4

I needn't have worried then! That's worked fine. thanks a lot.

Andrea Corbellini <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #16923 on Ubuntu changed:
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Andrea Corbellini proposed the following answer:
If you didn't change the root password (using the passwd command), it
should be the same of your user.

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Flying Tortoise (jonjospink) said : 		#5

Thank you