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I have tried various recommendations from the web to no success. The apt-get update gives errors . Here are my error messages after sudo apt-get udpate:

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

I have reviewed and tried the existing stackexchange answers that are not working for me. Trying to cleanup the ppa as per advice in sourcse gives me the following errors : For example, the following command to remove the ppa shows other scary messages :

winsella@winsella:~$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppaname-ppa-$(lsb_release -sc).list*
[sudo] password for winsella:
no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory
Failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/secrets.tdb
tdbsam_open: Failed to open/create TDB passwd [/var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb]
tdbsam_getsampwnam: failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb!
tdbsam_open: Failed to open/create TDB passwd [/var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb]
tdbsam_getsampwnam: failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb!
tdbsam_open: Failed to open/create TDB passwd [/var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb]
tdbsam_new_rid: failed to open /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb!
rm: cannot remove ‘/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppaname-ppa-trusty.list*’: No such file or directory
Mateo
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RandyKahn
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  • Thank you kindly for the quick responses, at this time I am just worried about the state of apt-get update. I have replaced my existing sourcse.list with the new list generated from Ubuntu Sources List Generator site, and the apt-get now shows the following error : W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/java/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found

    W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/java/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

     – RandyKahn Jul 04 '14 at 19:40
  • You should use the graphical method described in the first section of this answer – Seth Jul 05 '14 at 01:43

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You're looking specifically for the Oracle 7 java? If so, you may have better luck with the answer given by @user283885. Webupd8 also has an Oracle 8 java installer at this link.

If however, you just want easy to maintain, java runtimes, you should consider removing the PPS from software sources, and using the Ubuntu Software Center to load OpenJDK, either in version 6 or version 7

Charles Green
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  • Thank you, I need JDK (with javac, not just runtime), but my issue is the apt-get update, have been trying various approaches to fix my sources first without success. – RandyKahn Jul 04 '14 at 22:33
  • You gots lotsa fixins to do - upubuntu.com does not support trusty, which is why those two PPAs are failing. – Charles Green Jul 04 '14 at 22:45
  • Thanks Charles, any alternatives or pointers you can give me how I can get around the issue that ubuntu.com does not support trusty ? – RandyKahn Jul 05 '14 at 14:42
  • Its not Ubuntu, its a separate package you installed from someplace called UpUbuntu. You question now points to a duplicate, which I just read through this morning. Great set of answers, tips and pointers in there. – Charles Green Jul 05 '14 at 14:46