Can't install Ubuntu one

Question

While trying to install Ubuntu one it throws me this error -

W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/**DISTRIBUTION**/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found,
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/**DISTRIBUTION**/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found,
E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

and I can't install it Thanks.

Does the message say, literally, "DISTRIBUTION"? That string, and "PAckages" seem suspect. — John S Gruber, Oct 09 '12 at 02:04
DISTRIBUTION should be replaced by "precise" or "oneiric" or whatever, too. — John S Gruber, Oct 09 '12 at 15:31
There's not really a good reason to mask your distribution -- and if it was, say, breezy that'd be a handy clue that your problem is your distro. — Amanda, Feb 09 '18 at 04:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 02:04

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This indicates that the rabbitvcs ppa was incorrectly added to your system and it is blocking your access to all software.

I suggest that you open the software-center, then go to the Edit menu and to software sources. From there you can uncheck any references to the rebbitvcs ppa.

After you do that start a terminal and execute:

sudo apt-get update

Then try to install Ubuntu One again.

If you later want the rabbitvcs ppa back I suggest that you add it again using the instructions from here.

answered Oct 09 '12 at 02:04

John S Gruber

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Well, actually now when i'm trying to update it throws me thos errors – Yehonatan Tsirolnik Oct 09 '12 at 07:06
You'll need to remove all of the offending sources before apt-get update will work. Please see also the question thread devav2 cites in his comment. – John S Gruber Oct 09 '12 at 15:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 00:52

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That would seem to indicate you need to run "sudo apt-get update"

answered Oct 09 '12 at 00:52

Roberto Alsina

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 07:14

Well, after looking up at the tutorial of installing rabbitvcs here - http://wiki.rabbitvcs.org/wiki/install/ubuntu I figured out that in the /etc/apt/sources.list file I entered DISTURBUTION instead of 12.04, but still after changing the line it gave me the same error so I just removed the rabbitvcs/ppa repo using this tutorial - http://penreturns.rc.my/2012/02/how-to-remove-purge-unofficial-ppa.html

Thanks for your help :)

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 01 '15 at 13:30

I have similar problem: When I tried to use Ubuntu One by the first time, in my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed using custom DVD generated by Remastersys, it reports this error messages:

W:Failed to check www.remastersys.com/Ubuntu/dists/precise/Release Unable to find expected entry 'main./source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E:Some index failed to download. They have been ignored , or old ones used instead

Then must I uninstall and reinstall Ubuntu One ? (I will try)

Can't install Ubuntu one

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