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I'm trying to install phpMyAdmin using sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin but encountering this error

Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main mysql-common all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 194.169.254.10 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-common all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libmysqlclient18 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client-core-5.5 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client-5.5 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-core-5.5_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-5.5_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

What could be the issue here? How do I solve it?

Kulfy
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Jorg Ancrath
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    My '/etc/apt/source.list' file does not have a line containing 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/' . What shoul I do? What does that line suggest? –  Aug 13 '14 at 06:39

5 Answers5

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Try using 

sudo apt-get update

then retry.

kiri
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If sudo apt-get update is also not working then follow the steps below:-

  1. Open /etc/apt/sources.list file.
  2. Check the word after http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ in the sources.list file, let the word be xyz
  3. Go to the address http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ and then click on dists. Now check whether xyz is present at this path. If it is not present, then replace xyz with the element which is present in 'dists' such as:- saucy, lucid, trusty etc.
  4. Now run sudo apt-get update command.
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  • +1. One note though: if this happens, it means that your linux is no longer supported, in which case it might make sense to switch to a newer version. – ntg Apr 22 '16 at 14:18
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    this is indeed a better response than the accepted one. See ntg's comment tho – Dredok Apr 05 '18 at 16:13
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    This is a great answer; I am running 18.04 and my sources list was archive.ubuntu.com bionic; changed it to security.ubuntu.com; now it works perfectly. – Adam Aug 07 '19 at 09:35
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    In my case, instead of http://security.ubuntu.com/, http://in.security.ubuntu.com/ like url were present. I removed in prefix (I know, at some point it was working with in, later Ubuntu guys might have changed the mind). Anyway, visiting the url in browser as you mentioned, helped me to reach to this solution. – Ajeeb.K.P Jun 27 '20 at 04:49
  • You are awesome – David Arenburg Apr 05 '22 at 08:02
  • Shouldn't abrupt alteration of the distro's sources.list file respective codename result in dependency hell? I mean Ubuntu's upstream software delay exists for a reason. – xquilt Aug 20 '22 at 05:15
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Try changing http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu to http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu in /etc/apt/sources.list, then run apt-get update

(You can check if your particular distro is there by accessing the http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ in your browser and then select /dists, but if it is not on security.ubuntu.com, it should be on old-releases

Rom
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There is a command to point source urls in olds releases .

a goog explanation in this github gist :

https://gist.github.com/dergachev/f5da514802fcbbb441a1

samiJ
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    You don't need to go to Github for that, we have one right here: http://askubuntu.com/q/91815/158442. Even so, this isn't applicable here, since OP is using 12.04 and 12.04 is still supported. – muru Feb 20 '15 at 12:46
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Try changing to main server under software and updates in system settings. Then use sudo apt-get update and then try installing. I had a same issue while installing synaptic package manager.

Pranav Chaudhari
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  • Before you try changing to main server visit the URL that is giving the 404 Not Found message in a web browser to check if it is down. – karel Aug 05 '17 at 04:35