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Can't apt-get update

Asked by Rob Clayton

user@computer/var/lib/apt$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'computer':

You have 1376 packages (100.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
foreign-architecture i386
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ grep proxy /etc/environment
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ echo $http_proxy

user@computer/var/lib/apt$ echo $ftp_proxy

user@computer/var/lib/apt$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ uname -a
Linux computer 3.11.0-18-generic #32~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 20 17:52:10 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
rm: cannot remove `/var/cache/apt/*.bin': No such file or directory
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ 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.
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release [49.6 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release [49.6 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources [934 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [1274 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [8431 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [4796 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages [121 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages [3706 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages [2676 B]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages [2596 B]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [2922 B]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [452 kB]
97% [14 Packages bzip2 0 B] [18 Packages 253 kB/452 kB 56%] 613 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
97% [15 Packages bzip2 0 B] [18 Packages 253 kB/452 kB 56%] 613 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
97% [16 Packages bzip2 0 B] [18 Packages 253 kB/452 kB 56%] 613 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
97% [17 Packages bzip2 0 B] [18 Packages 253 kB/452 kB 56%] 613 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [8028 B]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages [105 kB]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex [8900 B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex [759 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex [12.2 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex [237 kB]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [15.3 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [783 kB]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [12.2 kB]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [243 kB]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [15.5 kB]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [3564 B]
90% [30 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [2605 B]
90% [31 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [2461 B]
90% [32 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [2850 B]
90% [33 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [4850 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [36.4 kB]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [5311 B]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [6416 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [14 B]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [38.3 kB]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [5206 B]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [6408 B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [14 B]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [38.2 kB]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main amd64 Packages [5178 B]
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [72 B]
89% [46 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 3sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages [72 B]
89% [47 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 3sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [70 B]
89% [48 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 3sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [73 B]
89% [49 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 3sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [100 kB]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [2494 B]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [30.9 kB]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex [1789 B]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [373 kB]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [4627 B]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex [91.6 kB]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [2446 B]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [399 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [4620 B]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [96.4 kB]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [2646 B]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [74 B]
86% [62 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 4sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [72 B]
86% [63 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 4sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [72 B]
86% [64 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 4sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [73 B]
86% [65 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 4sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [9098 B]
86% [66 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 343 kB/s 4sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [6167 kB]
91% [67 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 628 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:68 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [152 kB]
91% [68 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 628 kB/s 2sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:69 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [1641 kB]
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_i18n_Index (1)
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ 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.
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ 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.
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources [1274 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources [8431 B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources [4796 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages [121 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages [3706 B]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages [2676 B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages [2596 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages [2922 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages [452 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages [105 kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex [759 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex [237 kB]
87% [5 Packages bzip2 0 B] [12 TranslationIndex 4096 B/237 kB 2%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
87% [6 Packages bzip2 0 B] [12 TranslationIndex 21.7 kB/237 kB 9%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
88% [7 Packages bzip2 0 B] [12 TranslationIndex 34.1 kB/237 kB 14%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
88% [8 Packages bzip2 0 B] [12 TranslationIndex 39.8 kB/237 kB 17%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
87% [10 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]
bzip2: (stdin): trailing garbage after EOF ignored
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex [12.2 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [15.3 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [783 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [12.2 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [243 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [3564 B]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages [2605 B]
89% [18 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
89% [19 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [2461 B]
89% [20 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [2850 B]
89% [21 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [36.4 kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex [6416 B]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [14 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex [38.3 kB]
Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Sources [5206 B]
Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Sources [6408 B]
Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [38.2 kB]
Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [72 B]
88% [29 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages [72 B]
88% [30 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [70 B]
88% [31 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [73 B]
88% [32 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [100 kB]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [2494 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [30.9 kB]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex [1789 B]
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex [373 kB]
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex [4627 B]
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex [91.6 kB]
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [2446 B]
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [399 kB]
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [4620 B]
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [96.4 kB]
Get:44 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [2646 B]
Get:45 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [74 B]
85% [45 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 1sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:46 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages [72 B]
85% [46 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 1sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:47 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [72 B]
85% [47 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 1sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [73 B]
85% [48 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 1sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [155 kB]
85% [49 Packages bzip2 0 B] [Waiting for headers] 1311 kB/s 1sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [726 kB]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [9098 B]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [6167 kB]
56% [51 Packages bzip2 0 B] [52 TranslationIndex 190 kB/6167 kB 3%]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [152 kB]
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_multiverse_i18n_Index (1)
user@computer/var/lib/apt$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/concerto.list

     1 # deb http://dl.concerto-signage.org/packages/ raring main
     2 # deb https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger saucy main

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/
     2
     3 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
     4 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140204)]/ precise main restricted
     5
     6 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     7 # newer versions of the distribution.
     8 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
     9 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted
    10
    11 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    12 ## distribution.
    13 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
    14 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates main restricted
    15
    16 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    17 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    18 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    19 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
    20 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise universe
    21 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
    22 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates universe
    23
    24 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    25 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    26 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    27 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    28 ## security team.
    29 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
    30 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise multiverse
    31 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
    32 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-updates multiverse
    33
    34 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    35 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    36 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    37 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    38 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    41
    42 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    43 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
    44 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    45 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
    46 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    47 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
    48
    49 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    50 ## 'partner' repository.
    51 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    52 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    53 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    54 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
    55
    56 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    57 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    58 # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
    59 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
user@computer/var/lib/apt$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try a little later, or comment out the line in sources.list for archive.ubuntu.com

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

Messages like "bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2" and "bzip2: (stdin): trailing garbage after EOF ignored" usually indicate problems with the network connection. It seems that some device in the chain from the repository server to your system modifies the data. This might be caused by hardware problems, or can also be something like a proxy or cache that for whatever reason provides an HTML error page instead of downloading the real file.

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Rob Clayton (rob-clayton) said : 		#3

I tried again later, but I got the same thing. If I commented out all the archive.ubuntu.com lines from /etc/apt/sources.list then that means all the lines are commented out. This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04.4 (the second one in two days). I am more than willing to reinstall, or work with this current install, but would like some advice as to what to do differently this time?

Thanks for everyone's help.

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Rob Clayton (rob-clayton) said : 		#4

Hi Manfred, just read your comment. Is there some kind of network troubleshooting that I could do to confirm your hypothesis, and help to isolate the root cause of the issue? I have tried pinging the mirror and that gets through ok...

Thanks for your time.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

I do not know how my hypothesis could best be verified or falsified.

What happens if you execute the command "sudo apt-get update" several (say three) times? Does it always fail? Does it fail with the same files? Does it always show the same size values (square brackets at the end of the lines)?

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Rob Clayton (rob-clayton) said : 		#6

Yes, it was always failing. I have finally managed to resolve the issue. It looks like I had installed something in the past, although it wasn't showing anything in the "other software" tab of update manager, or anything in the /etc/apt/sources.list

What I ended up doing was sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list and then I launched update manager (to create a new sources.list). I clicked settings and then I went into "other software" tab and lo and behold it showed me another source. I removed everything from "other sources", then went to the "ubuntu software" tab and picked the correct server and chose the type of software I wanted (ie. main, universe, restricted, etc.).

Once I did this, my updates started working again.

Thanks Manfred Hampl and actionparsnip for your help.