"package is configured multiple times", "repository dies not have a release file" and 404 errors when updating

Question

I get many errors when I run sudo apt update on Ubuntu 16.04`

Err:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu xenial/main Sources
  404  Not Found
Err:49 http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Sources
  404  Not Found
Err:10 http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main Sources
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.152 80]
Fetched 5,770 kB in 2min 44s (35.1 kB/s)
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W: Target Packages (partner/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Packages (partner/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Packages (partner/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Translations (partner/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Translations (partner/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target DEP-11 (partner/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target DEP-11-icons (partner/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list:3
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:3
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:4
W: The repository 'htt://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: The repository 'htt://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: The repository 'htt://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.152 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: Target Packages (partner/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Packages (partner/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Packages (partner/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Translations (partner/i18n/Translation-en_IN) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Translations (partner/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target DEP-11 (partner/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target DEP-11-icons (partner/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:19 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list:4
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list:3
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:3
W: Target Sources (main/source/Sources) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:2 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:4

How can I fix it?

I did an update please see my answer – George Udosen Jul 26 '17 at 19:37 — George Udosen, Jul 26 '17 at 19:37

George Udosen · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-26T07:07:30.613

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Two issues here:

Multiple configurations, fix:
1. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
  - Open file sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
  - Put a # at the beginning of line 2 and 3
2. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list
  - Open file sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-ubuntu-packagefixes-xenial.list
  - Put # at the start of line 2 or 3
3. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list
  - delete sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial-partner.list
  - Or put a # at the start of line 19 in /etc/apt/sources.list
4. Now run update: sudo apt update
Check you internet connection make sure it's ok.

edited Jul 26 '17 at 07:07

answered Jul 26 '17 at 06:14

George Udosen

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one question i d like to ask, when putting # on lines, how can we get any updates from this lists in source lists? – solfish Jul 26 '17 at 06:25
I did step 1 and step 2. But the problem with step 3 is xenial-partner.list has only 4 lines.
channel for the xenial (16.04) partner channel

#:description:This channel contains the partner software for xenial deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
– Naman Jain Jul 26 '17 at 06:42
let me update that @NamanJain – George Udosen Jul 26 '17 at 07:06
@solfish putting # doesn't stop your updates it just removes duplicate entries in the apt update index – George Udosen Jul 26 '17 at 07:48
Still waiting to hear from you @George – Naman Jain Jul 26 '17 at 18:41
I did an update please see my answer – George Udosen Jul 26 '17 at 19:16
Still, I'm unable to use Libreoffice 5.3 – Naman Jain Jul 27 '17 at 06:17
what error are you getting? – George Udosen Jul 27 '17 at 06:20
I can't open files larger than 5MB. It stops responding and I've to force close it. – Naman Jain Jul 27 '17 at 08:01
ok please post a new question about this libreoffice issue – George Udosen Jul 27 '17 at 08:11

"package is configured multiple times", "repository dies not have a release file" and 404 errors when updating

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channel for the xenial (16.04) partner channel