Get a "Failed to fetch" message with some packages

It is possible that the server you were trying to use was busy or unavailable. It looks ok now.

I agree with Cesare, probably a busy or offline server, if it was offline it should be back online by now, they are never off for great durations of time

This not seems to be the problem.
I tried today, 2 days after the day I reported this, and I got:

W: Failed to fetch http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse-platform_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.6 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse-source_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.6 80]

Did you update the list of packages in the repository?

You can do that either in your package manager, or on the aommand line with

sudo apt-get update

I hope this helps

I've just did it. Now most packages are downloading OK, but this 2 still have the same problem:

W: Failed to fetch http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse-platform_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.6 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse-source_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
  403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.6 80]

So I have a new question: May I select a new server to download updates? I see there is an "ar" prefix in the download site, like as this server was made for Argentina (I am in Argentina), but I didn't request it, I would like to download from the same place most people do, I guess that a problem in an Argentine server would not be noted and corrected so fast as a problem in Ubuntu main server.

Best,
SB.

That is the current version for Edgy, so I think trying a different mirror might be a good next step.

If you like, you can just remove the ar. from the URLs in your sources llist.

However, I can download that .deb file from here, so the ar. repository is not fundamentally broken.

Another option is to click on the http: link here:

http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse-source_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb

Then once you've download that file you can install is using sudo dpkg -i eclipse-source_3.2.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb

If that was the only problem file, all should be well. I'd retry a regular update first. I may be that there was a problem in the mirror and it's been corrected now.

I also have problem with this package, that doesn't have AR, so I don't know how to change repo for this:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openoffice.org/openoffice.org-core_2.0.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
  403 Forbidden

Can you click on the link and save the file:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openoffice.org/openoffice.org-core_2.0.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb

?

in your /etc/apt/apt.conf file, remove the line that mentions proxy.

remove the line "Acquire::http::Proxy "false";

Once removed, your problem will be gone forever. It took me 2 hours to figure this thing.

Ketan
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@Sebastian Bassi: If this is now solved would you please come back to the page and mark it as 'solved'? Thanks.

Hi! Ketan, thanks for the answer. I followed your instructions and I got the solution. Bye!

It seems the problem was that I was behind a transparent proxy in my university that reject large download, that is why all large files provoked that error.
Thank you all.

Just FYI 6.10 isn't supported since April this year, see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

I had also the same problem
please try to update Firefox in steps ....

may be this will helps

Thanks to ketan. For a newbie like me. it was easy
raghul