Failure to fetch packages

Asked by Jack Callaghan

As per the troubleshooting steps as found here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure the results of the commands are posted below. My pc is consistently showing a "failed to fetch" problem with Package Manager. The pc was working fine with 12.04, with Amahi running on top but the upgrade to 12.10 is not working properly as the system is having trouble updating itself. The package manager appears to timeout 23% into the fetching of the packages (I can see it trying through opendns).

Offhand I think, but I'm not sure, it may have to do with the switch from Amahi handling DHCP requests in 12.04 to my router now handling DHCP, but the nameserver on the pc still points the pc itself which is probably a holdover from the Amahi install on 12.04.

apt-get update takes about 20 minutes to run each time with the fetch errors
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jack@Hyperion:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'Hyperion':

You have 2209 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
jack@Hyperion:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
jack@Hyperion:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
jack@Hyperion:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
jack@Hyperion:~$ echo $http_proxy

jack@Hyperion:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

jack@Hyperion:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
jack@Hyperion:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
jack@Hyperion:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
jack@Hyperion:~$ uname -a
Linux Hyperion 3.5.0-48-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 10 23:18:29 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/lock
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
jack@Hyperion:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
jack@Hyperion:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
jack@Hyperion:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libdrm-nouveau1a:i386*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 88.1 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'vlc' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed
(Reading database ... 220561 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 ...
Purging configuration files for libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
jack@Hyperion:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
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W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources Undetermined Error

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W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

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W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

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W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

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E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for jack:
jack@Hyperion:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
jack@Hyperion:~$ 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.
jack@Hyperion:~$ 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.
jack@Hyperion:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
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Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted amd64 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe amd64 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main i386 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted i386 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  Undetermined Error
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/restricted/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/universe/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/multiverse/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/restricted/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/universe/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/multiverse/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/main/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/universe/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/main/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/restricted/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/universe/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/multiverse/source/Sources Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
jack@Hyperion:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_filebot_ubuntu.list

     1 # deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/filebot/ubuntu quantal main #Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list

     1 # deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ quantal steam # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ quantal steam # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

     1 # deb http://plex.r.worldssl.net/PlexMediaServer/ubuntu-repo lucid main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/private-ppa.launchpad.net_commercial-ppa-uploaders_steam_ubuntu.list

     1 # deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/steam/ubuntu quantal main #Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-rhythmbox-plugins-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tikhonov-misc-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tikhonov/misc/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/team-xbmc-ppa-precise.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu quantal main # disabled on upgrade to quantal

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/
     2
     3 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
     4 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120425)]/ 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 quantal main restricted
     9 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
    10
    11 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    12 ## distribution.
    13 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    14 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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 quantal universe
    20 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    21 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    22 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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 quantal multiverse
    30 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    31 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    32 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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 quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    41
    42 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    43 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    44 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    45 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    46 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    47 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-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 quantal main
    59 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    60 # deb http://u12.amahi.org Amahi main # disabled on upgrade to quantal
jack@Hyperion:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Quantal seems to be EOL in a weeks time according to the wiki but the repos appear to be off now. You may want to take the opportunity to upgrade.

Personally I suggest you wipe Quantal off and do a clean install of Trusty which is LTS and supported til April 2019.

You can upgrade Quantal to Raring which is already EOL and then to Saucy and then to Trusty but this is a lot of upgrading and the resulting OS may not be stable. A clean install will give the OS as intended. You can restore your user data from your backups

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#2

I support the advice from actionparsnip to upgrade to a release with further support (or even better to do a clean new installation with such release), but I doubt that your problem is caused by premature inavailability of the quantal repositories.

The error message "Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main i386 Packages Undetermined Error" indicates that there is something wrong with your network connection.

Can you help with this problem?

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