Ubuntu doesn't download files using apt-get update

Question

When I type the command sudo apt-get update on Ubuntu 14.04, it downloads most of the files but the other ones say for example:

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

Now, whenever I install a PPA key, it installs but when I run sudo apt-get update it fails to download the files. This applies to EVERY PPA out there.

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is not a problem with apt-get, the location you are trying to download from does not exist. If you look at https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa there is no trusty (14.04) ppa. — NGRhodes, Apr 14 '15 at 22:20
Well, why don't you help me since that is in my sources.list? I never changed anything. That's default. — JasonVS 1, Apr 14 '15 at 22:35
No its not default, adding PPAs changes your sources list. You have added PPAs that do not have any packages for the version of Ubuntu you have installed. — NGRhodes, Apr 14 '15 at 23:06
You're wrong. I added the OBS PPA and it said that it was for 14.04 trusty. — JasonVS 1, Apr 15 '15 at 01:30
possible duplicate of How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists? — dobey, Apr 15 '15 at 21:47

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '15 at 22:53

As NGRhodes points out, there simply isn't a 14.04 version of this PPA. You say you get this for every PPA... If that's really the case, you're either picking a load of duff PPAs without checking they have a 14.04 version, there's something else going on.

Anyway, for this one, you have a couple of options:

You can continue as you are (in the hope that they add one eventually) and nothing will be hurt. The warning is just a warning, the rest of the package lists are being updated still.
You can remove the PPA:
```
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
```
The next sudo apt update should be warning free.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '15 at 21:24

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So I fixed this and I feel really dumb for not knowing this.

Okay, the problem was that at some point, I added the 1386 architecture instead of i386. So when I tried to update with apt-get, it couldn't download the 32-bit packages. Thanks.

answered Apr 15 '15 at 21:24

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