test output from my terminal, as requested by ubuntu help site
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA':
You have 1904 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
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarchcat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architecturesastrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ echo $http_proxy
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ echo $ftp_proxy
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lockSpecified filename /var/lib/dpkg/lock does not exist.
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ uname -a
Linux astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:02:19 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/apt/lists/lock': No such file or directory
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm: cannot remove '/var/lib/dpkg/lock': No such file or directory
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-bad
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
rm: cannot remove '/var/cache/apt/*.bin': No such file or directory
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$ 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.
13 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up sane-utils (1.0.23-3ubuntu3.1) ...
saned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned
Setting up simple-scan (3.12.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up software-center (13.10-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Updating software catalog...this may take a moment.
INFO:softwarecenter.db.pkginfo_impl.aptcache:aptcache.open()
Software catalog update was successful.
Setting up ssh-askpass-gnome (1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up system-config-printer-common (1.4.3+20140219-0ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up system-config-printer-gnome (1.4.3+20140219-0ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up system-config-printer-udev (1.4.3+20140219-0ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up usb-creator-common (0.2.56.1) ...
Setting up usb-creator-gtk (0.2.56.1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-video-radeon (1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1) ...
Setting up xul-ext-ubufox (2.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up indicator-printers (0.1.7+14.04.20140527-0ubuntu1) ...
astrid@astrid-HP-Compaq-dc7100-SFF-PK858PA:~$