404 "failed to fetch" error with repositories when running software updater

Question

when running Software Updater from my Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop install, I get the following errors:

W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release/-sc)/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.153 80], 
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release/universe/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.153 80],
W:Failed to fetch http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch, 
W:Failed to fetch http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages  Hash Sum mismatch

How may I fix this? Thank you. Regards

Do you have a working Internet connection? Can you visit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ in your browser? Can you ping 91.189.88.153 from the command line? Do you have a proxy enabled? — John Oliver, Mar 05 '16 at 17:46
See if you get the same error if you change the update server from your update page in system settings — Mostafa Ahangarha, Mar 11 '16 at 12:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '16 at 17:49

Finally, I managed to remove the errors. I noticed that I had two entries of this kind in the list of repositories:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release/-sc) universe
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/$(lsb_release/-sc) universe (Source code)

After removing those 2 entries, I haven't got errors any more. Now my question is if the two repositories I have removed are needed or I can leave them apart? Thank you.

404 "failed to fetch" error with repositories when running software updater

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