Failed to download repository information 12.04

Question

While trying to update my computer i get the following error

W:Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/<precise>/main/binary-i386/Packages  403  Forbidden
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Please help.

possible duplicate of How can I fix a 404 Error when updating packages? — Parto, Jul 15 '14 at 16:30
@Parto: This is a 403 Forbidden error. @heisenberg: In your /etc/apt/sources.list, make sure you don't have angle brackets around precise. — saiarcot895, Jul 18 '14 at 16:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '14 at 14:39

That means in your sources.list is an URL entry that cannot be accessed (403 Forbidden).

You can remove the line from your sources.list:

Open the file /etc/apt/sources.list with an editor and look for the lines that look like this:

deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/<precise>/main/binary-i386

Now comment them out. Add a # before each of those lines that they look like this and save the file:

#deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/<precise>/main/binary-i386

Maybe there are other files in the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. You have to check all files in that directory too.

When finished, type sudo apt-get update in a terminal and your update process should work again.

Failed to download repository information 12.04

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