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Unable to install softwares through Ubuntu Software Center or by using apt-get in terminal

Asked by Anubhav Singh on 2013-06-28

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 some days back and at that time, I was able to install softwares from the Ubuntu Software Center but from today that is 28-06-13, I am getting an error when I click on the Install button that my internet connection is not working while at the same time I am using Firefox without any problem. I tried the solution given at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure and followed the steps but none worked. Here is what i get in the terminal after executing the commands given on the link.

anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for anubhav:
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:8080/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::https::proxy "https://localhost:0/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://localhost:21/";
/etc/apt/apt.conf:Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://localhost:12342/";
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
http_proxy="http://localhost:8080/"
https_proxy="https://localhost:0/"
ftp_proxy="ftp://localhost:21/"
socks_proxy="socks://localhost:12342/"
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ echo $http_proxy
http://localhost:8080/
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ echo $ftp_proxy
ftp://localhost:21/
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:8080/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://localhost:0/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://localhost:21/";
Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://localhost:12342/";
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lib-release
cat: /etc/lib-release: No such file or directory
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
sudo mv /varanubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get clean
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
9 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up tcl8.5 (8.5.10-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up tk8.5 (8.5.10-1) ...
Setting up blt (2.4z-4.2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python3.2-minimal (3.2.2-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up python3.2 (3.2.2-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up python3-minimal (3.2.2-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python3 (3.2.2-0ubuntu2) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.2...
running python post-rtupdate hooks for python3.2...
Setting up python3-tk (3.2-4) ...
Setting up idle-python3.2 (3.2.2-0ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease

Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)/dists/oneiric/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpk --clear-avail
sudo: dpk: command not found
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ LANG=C; sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dis-upgrade
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease

Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric InRelease
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Invalid operation dis-upgrade
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease

Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease

Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric InRelease
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8080:
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012) oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/InRelease

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-updates/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric-security/Release.gpg Unable to connect to localhost:8080:

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
anubhav@ubuntu:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric universe
    17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric universe
    18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric multiverse
    27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric multiverse
    28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38
    39
    40 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    41 ## 'partner' repository.
    42 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    43 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    44 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
    45 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
    46
    47 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
    48 ## 'extras' repository.
    49 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    50 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    51 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
    52 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security restricted main multiverse universe
    53 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric main
anubhav@ubuntu:~$

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Last query:: 2013-06-28

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2013-06-28:

I see at least 2 issues here:

1. You are using a non-supported / obsolete version of Ubuntu (oneiric)
2. Your proxy configuration does not seem to be correct:

anubhav@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:8080/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://localhost:0/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://localhost:21/";

Oneiric is not supported anymore and end-of-life since May 9, 2013.

I suggest performing a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which is supported until April 2017.

Please read this for more info:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said on 2013-06-28:

Fully agree with Mark.

You will get the cleanest system if you do a clean install of 12.04 or 13.04. I'd go for 12.04 personally.

Don't forget to backup first as a clean install will overwrite your files.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said on 2013-06-28:

Fully agree with Mark and Warren too. :-)

I suggest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (5 years of support)

Can be found here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/

Regards
NikTh

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