problem with sudo apt get update

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vansh

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hello all,
i am trying to update sudo apt get using :sudo apt-get update
but getting following error:
any help regarding same ..
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Undetermined Error
W: Failed to fetch http://in.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.
 
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This will solve your csh issue also.. your repos are pointing to old/bad links so it can't go and download the software..
 
hey can you please suggest me what and how to make changes in the repository..
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attached is the souce list after using $ gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

please suggest required changes..

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security universe
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
 
What a mess...

This is your sources simplified - there was a lot of needless duplication and I have disabled source repos:

Code: 
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
#deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
#deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed restricted main universe multiverse
#deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed restricted main universe multiverse


Do the following:

Back up existing sources:
Code: 
# mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old

Code: 
# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Copy and paste the above tidied up sources, save the file (or use gedit if you must).

Then

Code: 
# apt-get clean && apt-get update
Post the output, if there's still a problem then it's likely to be with the repository mirror itself, as syntactically that looks correct (I am not a buntu user).
 
hi...thanks it worked ...apt-get got updated..but mow as i am trying to install csh using:
code:
# sudo apt-get install csh

it shows as follows...

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package csh

kindly suggest...
 
can you pleae suggest which file has to be selected as i belong to asia region..
shall i select all ????
 
when i opened these files its showing an error message:
deepndency is not satisfiable:libbsd0 (>=0.2.0)
and this error is for all files
 
libbsd0:
Installed: 0.4.2-1
Candidate: 0.4.2-1
Version table:
*** 0.4.2-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
N: Unable to locate package csh
 
output after applying apt-cache policy:

Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
Pinned packages:

after revising the source files i was able to run apt-get update but nw it is showing following error
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed Release
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed/restricted amd64 Packages

Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed/restricted amd64 Packages

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

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used inste
 
Make sure to use the best server for your location.
Open Software Sources
Press Alt+F2, type gksu software-properties-gtk, and enter your password. (Alternatively, select Settings... at the lower left corner of the Update Manager, or go to Settings > Repositories in Synaptic).

  • That's for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which you are not running. In later releases, you can just run software-properties-gtk and when you make changes, PolicyKit will authenticate you.
  • Most people using newer releases have the Software Center and not Synaptic. In the Software Center, you would go to Edit > Software Sources....
  • The Update Manager is unchanged, but in new releases is called the Software Updater.
Change the Download Server
In the Ubuntu Software tab of the Software Sources window, there is a drop-down menu labeled Download from. Select your regional server. For example, I'm in the United States and it looks like this on my 11.10 machine:

LeBSz.png

Software Sources window showing Sever for United States being selected in the "Download from" drop-down menu.

You may see other servers listed in that short list (like the server you currently have set up).

You can use the Main server too but it is almost always considerably slower than using your regional server. (At least in the United States, anyway.)

If you want to use another mirror, you can look through a list of mirrors by clicking Other....

Source: ask ubuntu
 
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I'm not convinced that you even have an active network connection...

Can you post these outputs
Code: 
$ /sbin/ifconfig
Code: 
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
 
output for the code: /sbin/ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c8:60:00:cc:51:01
inet addr:172.141.102.232 Bcast:172.141.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:6ee8:a:c1d:17f9:9cbb:14b0/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:6ee8:a:ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fec0::a:ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Site
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:6c35:a:ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fec0::c:ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Site
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:79ca:c:ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::ca60:ff:fecc:5101/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:6ee8:a:5d65:defa:15bb:f094/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fec0::a:5d65:defa:15bb:f094/64 Scope:Site
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:6c35:a:5d65:defa:15bb:f094/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fec0::c:5d65:defa:15bb:f094/64 Scope:Site
inet6 addr: 2002:ac8d:79ca:c:5d65:defa:15bb:f094/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6730526 errors:0 dropped:32923 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:329010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:673366716 (673.3 MB) TX bytes:40403519 (40.4 MB)
Interrupt:18 Memory:f9100000-f9120000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:811296 (811.2 KB) TX bytes:811296 (811.2 KB)
 
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