xenial/main amd64 Packages not found

Asked by Mike Neumann

Hi,

After a minimal install from the 16.04 LTS distribution, an install of the latest updates for the installed packages, I then add ppa:maas/stable, which goes fine.

maas@ubumaas:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maas/stable
[sudo] password for maas:
 MAAS latest stable release (currently 1.9)
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~maas/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpyi_ada81/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpyi_ada81/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 684D4A1C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpyi_ada81/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 684D4A1C: public key "Launchpad PPA for MAAS" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK

But then on the update, the main packages for xenial are not found.

maas@ubumaas:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial Release
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Err:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

If I then remove the "stable" repository and add the "next" repository, the Update completes without issue:

maas@ubumaas:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maas/stable --remove
 MAAS latest stable release (currently 1.9)
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~maas/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel removing it

maas@ubumaas:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maas/next
 This PPA holds new upstream releases, usually development releases. Currently, it is holding the 2.0 series.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~maas/+archive/ubuntu/next
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp2_vw4gep/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp2_vw4gep/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 684D4A1C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp2_vw4gep/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 684D4A1C: public key "Launchpad PPA for MAAS" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
maas@ubumaas:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/next/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/next/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [3,980 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/next/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [3,980 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/next/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [2,692 B]
Fetched 28.7 kB in 1s (22.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
maas@ubumaas:~$

Am I missing something? or is the repository not active/broken?

Thanks,

-- Mike

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

http://ppa.launchpad.net/maas/stable/ubuntu/dists/

The PPA doesn't support Xenial and should be removed.

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Mike Neumann (mike-neumann) said :
#2

OK. Thanks. I'll try to find out how to notify the author of http://maas.ubuntu.com/docs/install.html to make a note of the exception for Xenial.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

It already does. If you use the filter on the page to only show packages for a certain release then you will see that Xenial is not listed. You didn't do this and blindly added the PPA, assuming that yours was supported.

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Alex Smith (dark0rb) said :
#4

I also fell across this following http://www.ubuntu.com/download/cloud/install-openstack-with-autopilot which does *not* filter the PPA's to install list.

Documentation needs updating if it's no longer required to use that PPA.