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Update Manager reports an error

Asked by Ted Pritchard

I use 8.04 . Recently when I ran the Update Manager I got a message saying "An error occurred. The following details are provided".

The details are as follows:

 W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/hardy/Release.gpg Could not connect to packages.medibuntu.org:80 (88.191.82.11). - connect (111 Connection refused)

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/hardy/free/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Could not connect to packages.medibuntu.org:80 (88.191.82.11). - connect (111 Connection refused)

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/hardy/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_AU.bz2 Could not connect to packages.medibuntu.org:80 (88.191.82.11). - connect (111 Connection refused)

W: Failed to fetch http://winff.org/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry heron/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

My Update manager says "the package information was last updated 9 days ago." and I know from my other machines that there have been a number of upgrades in the interim.

Presumably somehow my system has become corrupted but how do I go about fixing this?.

Ted

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

I think you might be experiencing this issue:

https://answers.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+question/44534

It might take a while for the medibuntu server administrators to fix the server....

Regards,

Mark

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Ted Pritchard (pritcharded) said : 		#2

Mark

Thanks for that. It certainly looks like a similar problem although given the fact that Question #44534 was back in Sept it seems unlikely that whatever caused that particular problem wouldn't have been fixed by now.

I will alert the Medibuntu administrators by posting my question on Launchpad Medibuntu.

Regards, Ted

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Ted Pritchard (pritcharded) said : 		#3

Medibuntu administrators have fixed part of my problem (see #57123) but advise the remainder relates to winff.
My file system lists three winff files:

winff.list
winff.org_ubuntu_dists_hardy_release
winff.org_ubuntu_dists_hardy_release.gpg

and all are locked.

When I now run Update Manager I get the following message:

"Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.
Failed to fetch http://winff.org/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry heron/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead."

Is this a problem for the Ubuntu administrators or is my system corrupted? If the later how do I proceed?

Ted

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Hi,

I recommend removing the line containing

http://winff.org/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release

from your /etc/apt/sources.list file

After correcting your sources.list file, run the following commands:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install -f

Regards,

Mark

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Ted Pritchard (pritcharded) said : 		#5

Mark

Many thanks. Your suggested fix has resolved the problem.

Regards, Ted