Failed to update Ubuntu Server 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

Question

The following error is being encountered:

Atteint http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Atteint http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en  
2 964 ko réceptionnés en 24s (121 ko/s)                                        
W: Impossible de récupérer http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release  Impossible de trouver l'entrée « multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages » attendue dans le fichier « Release » :  ligne non valable dans sources.list ou fichier corrompu

E: Le téléchargement de quelques fichiers d'index a échoué, ils ont été ignorés, ou les anciens ont été utilisés à la place.

command used:

apt-get update

source.list:

root@NOC-MONITORING:~# 
root@NOC-MONITORING:~# ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
root@NOC-MONITORING:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
root@NOC-MONITORING:~#

rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf then apt-get update

didn't solved it

possible duplicate of How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list? — Sylvain Pineau, May 04 '15 at 18:43
i've update the post and as you see those are the default repositories — Lita, May 04 '15 at 19:15
Try with a different mirror, http://mg.archive.ubuntu.com is probably broken today. — Sylvain Pineau, May 04 '15 at 19:44
uptated source.list to : [ fr.archive.ubuntu.com] but i still have the same error — Lita, May 04 '15 at 19:59

Amin Shah Gilani · Answer 1 · 2015-05-05T10:42:38.590

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Your repository is out of date.

Via the GUI

Open the software center
Edit > Software Sources...
Find Download from and select Main Server from the drop down list
Close out of the software center
Do a sudo apt-get update

Via the CLI

Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to reflect this:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

Some of the mirrors break. I live in Pakistan, and the mirror here hasn't worked for years. I use the Main Server myself.

edited May 05 '15 at 10:42

answered May 04 '15 at 22:45

Amin Shah Gilani

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Since it is an ubuntu server, i can only update from command line (/etc/apt/sources.list). i've try with mirrors: us, fr ,mg and i have the same result. – Lita May 05 '15 at 03:46
@Lita sudo perl -pe 's/^(deb\shttp:\/\/)mg\./$1/g;' -i /etc/apt/sources.list – A.B. May 05 '15 at 09:05
@Lita, I've updated the answer with instructions on how to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list. – Amin Shah Gilani May 05 '15 at 10:43
@amingilani Still the same error..., i've also tryed with fresh install of Trusty Tahr and i have the same error. are you on trusty Tahr ? if so, could you try an apt-get update? – Lita May 05 '15 at 18:51

Failed to update Ubuntu Server 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

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