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I was trying to update apt-get and I keep getting 404 errors - I assumed it was the fault of my proxy, which has been causing errors in wget and in the browser, but upon visiting one of the links that reported an error, I found that it was trying to download a "Sources" file which on the server was actually stored as "Sources.bz2"

I was able to get the list of sources from this - where should I put it so that apt-get will use them?

EDIT: current sources.list (Ubuntu 14.04)

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#                            OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS                             #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#


###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Current apt.conf

Acquire::http::User-Agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/43.0.2357.130 Safari/537.36";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://129.###.###.###:80";
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    You have to configure apt to use a proxy - http://askubuntu.com/questions/257290/configure-proxy-for-apt – Panther Jun 25 '15 at 19:04
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    Post your current /etc/apt/sources.list. – muru Jun 26 '15 at 01:50
  • @muru I put it up, thanks for any help you can give. – user3475234 Jun 26 '15 at 11:43
  • @bodhi.zazen I've tried this in several ways, both with the "$http_proxy" variable and through the apt.conf file. I also changed the user agent (because I had to do that for my browser to get through the proxy). It's a corporate environment, so I can't change the proxy. – user3475234 Jun 26 '15 at 11:43
  • Talk to your IT dept for support on the proxy ;) – Panther Jun 26 '15 at 16:42

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Your sources.list is stored at /etc/apt/ folder. To see and edit them you can run:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

To edit that file run:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

or

sudo apt edit-sources

Your PPAs are stored to:

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

Though do mention when editing those files manually make sure you know what you are doing/editing that this/those repos/sources that you're adding will definitely work with your current distro otherwise you can break/damage your apt. Usually when adding new repositories you should run:

sudo add-apt-repository some:ppa
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Not sure if you mean this: /etc/apt/sources.list

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  • Well yes and no - this list is what failed when I called sudo apt-get update. I decided to try to download the sources the UPDATE was downloading, and was hoping to learn where to put them, since my update functionality isn't really working. – user3475234 Jun 25 '15 at 19:02
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    This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post - you can always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post. – Ron Jun 26 '15 at 06:10
  • @Ron This is an attempt to answer the question so it is an answer, although it isn't of very high quality it is still an answer ;) – Seth Jun 26 '15 at 17:37
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    @Seth The author is not sure, so it is not an answer but fits better in requesting clarification (as in did you mean this?). And someone else did feel this is the right comment. – Ron Jun 27 '15 at 04:14