Cannot update Ubuntu 14.04 : apt-get issues

Question

I am trying to update Ubuntu 14.04. But sudo apt-get update is returning the following errors.

0% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to archive
0% [Connecting to in.archive.ubuntu.com] [Connecting to archive
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Err http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg

Could not resolve 'in.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg

Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'extras.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...Done
W:Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
W:Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'in.archive.ubuntu.com'
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'archive.canonical.com'
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'extras.ubuntu.com'
W:Some index files failed to download.They have been ignored or old ones used instead.

Use code formatting. Then you can post the output with URLs. — muru, Feb 25 '16 at 07:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:37

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I am facing with same problem. From the errors you can see that you are using the Ubuntu Server in India. Change the update server to something other than India. Go to Setting > Software & update --- under Ubuntu Software tab, find the drop-down list to choose the server for downloading updates from. Choose main server.

See this:

answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:37

Mostafa Ahangarha

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Thanks for the quick reply. But this solution did not work for me. I had configured internal network earlier and now I have changed it to NAT. Does this create a problem? – Rainbow Feb 25 '16 at 06:45

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:41

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There is a spelling mistake on your link on sources.list it will be present on a directory (/etc/apt/). There you will be able to see the file called sources.list and sources.list.save. Manually copy the contents of file sources.list.save to sources.list. Else use following commands on terminal.(Make sure that you logged on root permission / You need to know the administrator password).

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list.save /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing

I hope it will works fine..

answered Feb 25 '16 at 06:41

Vijayaprakash P

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Thanks for replying. The same problem still persists though. – Rainbow Feb 25 '16 at 06:53
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On what basis you said 'There is a spelling mistake on your link on sources.list'? Just a guess or some clue from the errors? – Mostafa Ahangarha Feb 25 '16 at 07:27

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 07:32

I am in Kashmir. I just updated my Ubuntu (15.10) from main server in last few min. Please give a try to updating from the main server and do update using apt command instead of apt-get:

sudo apt update

and share the error result

I don't know why you removed the screenshot of the errors in your question. it was useful.

Cannot update Ubuntu 14.04 : apt-get issues

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