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i just installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and installed steam launcher.When i run it, this pops up.

Steam needs to install these additional packages:
    libgl1-mesa-dri:i386, libgl1:i386, libc6:i386
[sudo] password for pukar: 
..........W: Failed to fetch http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease  Could not connect to np.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (120.89.98.2), connection timed out
W: Failed to fetch http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/InRelease  Unable to connect to np.archive.ubuntu.com:http:
W: Failed to fetch http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-backports/InRelease  Unable to connect to np.archive.ubuntu.com:http:
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done
Package libc6:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  libcrypt1


Package libgl1:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


Package libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source


E: Package 'libgl1-mesa-dri:i386' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libgl1:i386' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libc6:i386' has no installation candidate
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i am really new to Linux and know only the very basics. i figured out installing those libraries would solve it, but i haven't found any ways to do so.

Thomas Ward
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Pukar Khanal
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This is not a 'missing libraries' problem, this is a "Dead Repository Mirror" issue - namely, np.archive.ubuntu.com points to a dead mirror server right now. As such, your system isn't able to get an updated package list to determine if the packages you need are actually available.

Temporary Workaround:

Go into your /etc/apt/sources.list file as an administrator (such as with pkexec gedit /etc/apt/sources.list or sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list for command line editors on the Terminal), and replace all references of np.archive.ubuntu.com with archive.ubuntu.com which points to the primary Archive mirrors at Canonical/Ubuntu.

Then run your sudo apt update and then attempt to install Steam again. It should then work, though it won't be a more 'regional' mirror so your downloads might be slower to an extent.

Fixes on np.archive.ubuntu.com are completed, thanks to the Mirrors Team!

The mirror in question was redirected to the primary archive mirrors for now because the only mirror that the regional mirror pointed at is dead. This should have taken effect within the past 25 or so minutes as of the edit done to this post at ~13:45 UTC. So barring any stale DNS resolution records in your system, np.archive.ubuntu.com should now point at working mirrors.

(Historical information remains below.)

Per https://rt.ubuntu.com/Ticket/Display.html?id=35715 on the Ubuntu RT ticketing system (thank you to the Mirrors Team for referring me to this), the np.archive.ubuntu.com mirror (which is run from ubuntu.ntc.net.np actually) has been down for more than a day.

I prodded the Mirrors people today, and they are going to repoint the DNS for this to the archive mirrors in Ubuntu namespace at some point during the day, no ETA as of yet.

Thomas Ward
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