Ubuntu
apt package

Software update issue

Asked by Sachin Jain

student@student-desktop:~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'student-desktop':

You have 1644 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
student@student-desktop:~$ cat /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch
cat: /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch: No such file or directory
student@student-desktop:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo grep -R proxy /etc/apt/*
[sudo] password for student:
student@student-desktop:~$ grep proxy /etc/environment
student@student-desktop:~$ echo $http_proxy

student@student-desktop:~$ echo $ftp_proxy

student@student-desktop:~$ grep proxy /etc/bash.bashrc
student@student-desktop:~$ grep proxy ~/.bashrc
student@student-desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt/apt.conf: No such file or directory
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo fuser -vvv /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
student@student-desktop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"
student@student-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux student-desktop 3.8.0-32-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 1 21:36:40 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status-badstudent@student-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status || sudo cp /var/backups/apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available-bad
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/*
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
student@student-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get clean
student@student-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
student@student-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail
student@student-desktop:~$ 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.
student@student-desktop:~$ 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.
student@student-desktop:~$ 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.
student@student-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get --fix-missing update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1347 B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1204 B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en
Fetched 2749 B in 15s (181 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
student@student-desktop:~$ LANG=C;sudo apt-get update -o APT::Cache-Limit=100000000 && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]

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

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main universe multiverse restricted

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

     1 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-win-ppa-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-win/ppa/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-win/ppa/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-packagefixes-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillateam-firefox-next-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-next/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-next/ubuntu raring main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-next/ubuntu raring main
student@student-desktop:~$

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Sachin Jain (sachinjain-12-ec) said : 		#1

Reply ASAP

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Best arochester (arochester) said : 		#2

"DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

Raring Ringtail came to the end of its life 27th January 2014.

You would be better with an LTS (Long Term Support) like 14.04 which dows not come to the end of its life until 2019.

Copy your stuff onto an external Hard Drive, do a new, clean install and put your stuff back on...

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Sachin Jain (sachinjain-12-ec) said : 		#3

Thanks arochester, that solved my question.