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My update packages program does not work!

Asked by Kevin Mogg

Recently, my laptop began failing to run through the updater download packages routines and gives me constantly a failed to download packages message.

I am not familiar with software writing, so i depended on it to run without failures, and answers in here, seem to indicate that you have to be an author or editor of basic, or assembly code so i hope an answer is involving removing and reloading some other version of a later type of ubuntu update program.

I have tried to remove and reload the update manager, and it constantly fails to work, as well as the smart package manager i just loaded.

i have a hp pavilion zv 5330 with a 3.2ghz cpu, 1.2 gb ram, 250gb hdd. the version of linux used occupies 220mb or so, and i have run linux inthis laptop for months and nothing was wrong with anything until i updated to 11.10, and soon after that, i copuld not update packages. it has not been used daily, more like every week or 3. is it possible that my virgin mobil 3g modem would be so slow as to cause this? i doubt that as it works on every other pc here i use linux on, at 11.10 updated level, all the time. the trouble is in only this laptop. it gets almost to the end of the packages list progress bar, then fails out every time, with a message to check my internet connection, which is ridiculous...it is connected and working. all my other pcs in 11.10 linux work fine with this modem updating with the same update manager s/w.

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This question was originally filed as bug #937412.

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) said : 		#1

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Ahmad Aizuddin Aizat (kaibathelegacy) said : 		#2

May I know which mirror server that youuse to update?

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Kevin Mogg (qq-kevin-mm) said : 		#3

I do not want to annoy people with this problem any more, sorry. i
have given up on updating the pc, so i may have to go back to windows,
or just let it go outdated as long as it will last, until it locks up
for whatever reason, as i have no cd for loading the O.S. again, or a
broadband connection. thanks to all for offering advice. i do
appreciate the open system logic, and ubuntu, but it may be too much
for me to fix this one. the source server works for my friends pc, but
my laptop is far less important at the moment.

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mfauzirahman (mfauzirahman) said : 		#4

please try this step

sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo rm -rf lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

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Attila Sali (saliattila) said : 		#5

I have the following problem in connection with this. I get the following error message:

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/testing/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 173.194.39.103 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 173.194.39.103 80]

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

This keeps coming up even after executing all these:
sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo rm -rf lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

This what is output before the error message:
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com testing InRelease
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com testing Release.gpg
Get:8 http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:9 http://dl.google.com stable Release
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:11 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release [11.9 kB]
Get:12 http://dl.google.com stable Release
Get:13 http://archive.canonical.com precise Release [7,078 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com testing Release
Get:15 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [1,222 B]
Get:16 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,225 B]
Get:17 http://archive.canonical.com natty Release [5,916 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:19 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [766 B]
Get:20 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner amd64 Packages [4,354 B]
Get:21 http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages [5,043 B]
Get:22 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [770 B]
Get:23 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [3,532 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Get:24 http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources [4,084 B]
Get:25 http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner amd64 Packages [6,635 B]
Get:26 http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner i386 Packages [7,336 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Get:28 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages [4,615 B]
Get:29 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [4,618 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com testing/non-free TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Err http://dl.google.com testing/non-free amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 173.194.39.103 80]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en_US
Err http://dl.google.com testing/non-free i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 173.194.39.103 80]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com testing/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com testing/non-free Translation-en
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [5,470 B]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [5,019 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [155 kB]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages [1,273 kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages [8,452 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages [4,786 kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages [119 kB]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,274 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [8,431 B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [4,796 kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages [121 kB]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex [3,706 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,676 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex [2,596 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex [2,922 B]
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [149 kB]
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [2,431 B]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [46.2 kB]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [1,058 B]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [361 kB]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [4,417 B]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [120 kB]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [2,365 B]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [365 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [4,430 B]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [120 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [2,540 B]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3,564 B]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [2,605 B]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2,461 B]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [2,850 B]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [2,422 B]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [14 B]
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [13.1 kB]
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [1,383 B]
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main amd64 Packages [1,945 B]
Get:68 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [14 B]
Get:69 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages [11.7 kB]
Get:70 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [996 B]
Get:71 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [1,941 B]
Get:72 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:73 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [11.7 kB]
Get:74 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [999 B]
Get:75 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:76 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:77 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [70 B]
Get:78 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:79 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [36.2 kB]
Get:80 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [1,950 B]
Get:81 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [10.2 kB]
Get:82 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [713 B]
Get:83 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [129 kB]
Get:84 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [3,969 B]
Get:85 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [35.4 kB]
Get:86 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,155 B]
Get:87 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [133 kB]
Get:88 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,968 B]
Get:89 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [35.6 kB]
Get:90 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,394 B]
Get:91 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:92 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:93 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:94 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:95 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en [726 kB]
Get:96 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en [93.4 kB]
Get:97 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en [2,395 B]
Get:98 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en [3,341 kB]
Get:99 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [174 kB]
Get:100 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en [1,600 B]
Get:101 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en [1,145 B]
Get:102 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en [72.1 kB]
Get:103 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en [1,244 B]
Get:104 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en [422 B]
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Get:106 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en [8,646 B]
Get:107 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [66.4 kB]
Get:108 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en [587 B]
Get:109 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [978 B]
Get:110 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en [22.5 kB]
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