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How can I fix this? I can't update anything at all.

I've tried to switch to my best server in the options.

When I do sudo apt-get update, this is what I get:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release Unable to find expected entry 'universe/binary-1386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.*

When I do sudo apt-get upgrade, I get this:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

the contents of my source.list:

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ quantal universe restricted main

....update: when I update, it looks for 'universe/binary-1386/Packages'

however, if I go to: ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release with Google Chrome, I see that the file is actually named "universe/binary-i386/Packages" (it's with an i, not a 1) . how can I fix this and make it expect the proper package?

Braiam
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emperor bohe
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    the 1st output shows you got problems with your source.list files. so please Post the content of /etc/apt/sources.list as for the 2nd output means you don't have more updates in Other words, the command is working fine. and check this Question to know what to post http://askubuntu.com/questions/112988/why-is-apt-get-giving-me-404-not-found-errors – Suhaib Feb 15 '13 at 03:33
  • this is my sources.list, it's pretty barebones:

    deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ quantal universe restricted main

     – emperor bohe Feb 15 '13 at 03:36
  • open the terminal then type this command: gedit /etc/apt/sources.list . A new window will show up. Copy everything inside and paste it to your question. Use the edit button in this page so that you can edit your question and insert the copied contents – Suhaib Feb 15 '13 at 03:39
  • I updated the first page, but yeah, the literal only line in my sources.list is:

    "deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ quantal universe restricted main"

     – emperor bohe Feb 15 '13 at 03:43
  • I've also tried to replace my sources.list with a generated one... but it ends up defaulting to that one line – emperor bohe Feb 15 '13 at 03:44
  • THis is my sources.list file. http://i.imgur.com/TfBBjpH.png Did you see how long is the list? if you only deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ quantal universe restricted main Then you may want to check this link to reset your sources.list file http://askubuntu.com/questions/251225/anyone-know-how-to-reset-source-list – Suhaib Feb 15 '13 at 03:52
  • here is my sources.list file screenshot. I was playing with the settings which is why there's a few more lines...

    http://i.imgur.com/QePvm3r.png

     – emperor bohe Feb 15 '13 at 04:02
  • Oh I see, then you probably need to reset it. Here is a link that shows you how to reset it http://askubuntu.com/questions/251225/anyone-know-how-to-reset-source-list – Suhaib Feb 15 '13 at 04:07
  • I've already tried resetting my sources.list, it just defaults back to this one..

    when I update, it looks for 'universe/binary-1386/Packages'

    however, if I go to: http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release, I see that the file is actually named "universe/binary-i386/Packages" (it's with an i, not a 1) . how can I fix this and make it expect the proper package?

     – emperor bohe Feb 15 '13 at 04:08
  • I asked for help in the chat but they seem inactive. I gave them the link anyway, they probably can you help you soon. – Suhaib Feb 15 '13 at 04:37

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It sounds like you've run dpkg --add-architecture 1386 at some point. If dpkg --print-foreign-architectures shows 1386, running dpkg --remove-architecture 1386 should fix the problem.

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I just disabled the "ppa" lines in the "Software & Updates" app under the "Other Software" tab. It works fine now. It turns out that when I installed the Razer keyboard software (and google earth), that's when I started getting the error message described above.

CHARLES
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