Problem in sudo apt-get update

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Problem in sudo apt-get update

Hit archive.ubuntu.com vivid InRelease  
Hit archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe amd64 Packages
Hit archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe i386 Packages
Hit archive.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Translation-en
Ign ftp://gb.archive.ubuntu.com edgy InRelease  

Err gb.archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release.gpg
  Connection timeout
Ign gb.archive.ubuntu.com edgy Release
100% [Logging in]

It is stuck at logging in 100%.

still there is some problem in edgy release

Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid InRelease
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid Release.gpg
Ign old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid Release
Err old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid/universe amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Err //old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid/universe i386 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign ://old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign ://old-releases.ubuntu.com vivid/universe Translation-en
Ign old-releases.ubuntu.com edgy InRelease
Err old-releases.ubuntu.com edgy Release.gpg
  Connection timeout
Ign old-releases.ubuntu.com edgy Release
24% [Logging in]

Are you sure to be running 14.04? Vivid is 15.04, which is EOL. — Melebius, Sep 14 '16 at 08:07
Have you been editing your sources.list files manually in the past? It features sources from several different Ubuntu versions which shouldn't be the case. Edgy is 6.10 - Vivid is 15.04 and Trusty would be 14.04 - which isn't shown at all in the output. — dufte, Sep 14 '16 at 08:13
Possible duplicate of How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? — Oldskool, Sep 14 '16 at 08:57
Why the heck do you have "edgy" stuff there? Edgy Eft was Ubuntu 6.04, which is outdated for over 9 years now! — Byte Commander, Sep 14 '16 at 16:53

karel · Answer 1 · 2020-01-04T06:38:36.753

Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list/ and comment out all of the lines that contain either vivid or edgy by inserting a # character at the beginning of each of the lines. These lines don't make any sense, since edgy (6.10) and vivid (15.04) can't match with your version of Ubuntu, which is trusty (14.04).

From the terminal run the following command to edit /etc/apt/sources.list/ with nano text editor:
```
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list  
```
The instructions for using nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. The only two nano keyboard shortcuts that you need to know are for WriteOut and Exit. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update your software sources.
```
sudo apt-get update  
```

Your edited question shows that your release has changed from Ubuntu 14.04 to Ubuntu 15.04 which is an end of life release. If this is the case, your best option is now a clean install of the latest version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 16.04. I would also recommend not enabling any Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy) software sources this time.

Ahmed Al-attar · Answer 2 · 2016-09-14T10:33:34.733

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its seems your error is a Connection timeout

how ever , if you are using an unsupported version of ubuntu , i advice you

to edit your repo source list and do some minar edits and change your deb mirrors to old-files

sudo cp /etc/apt/source.list /etc/apt/source.bkup

this is a backup , in case something went wrong

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

find and change archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com

sudo apt-get update clean
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing

hopes this help .

edited Sep 14 '16 at 10:33

answered Sep 14 '16 at 08:57

Ahmed Al-attar

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sorry , am a beginner @ askubuntu stack exchange, dont know the rules of writing , and excuse me for not being English ..... – Ahmed Al-attar Sep 14 '16 at 10:29
Much nicer and easier on the eyes :) – Mark Kirby Sep 14 '16 at 10:58

Problem in sudo apt-get update

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