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When I enter in terminal sudo apt-get update I get this error below. Any ideas on how to resolve it?

Fetched 306 kB in 9s (31.7 kB/s)                                               
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/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://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
NIMISHAN
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    The PPA you've added, ppa:relan/exfat, doesn't seem to exist. Remove it with sudo ppa-purge ppa:relan/exfat. – mikewhatever Aug 02 '17 at 18:36
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    @mikewhatever The PPA exists but has nothing for xenial and last update was in 2014. And not needed because the exFAT support and tools are in the repositories. –  Aug 02 '17 at 18:43
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    did the purge but still coming up with the warning. I guess it not a huge issue $ sudo ppa-purge ppa:relan/exfat Updating packages lists W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Warning: apt-get update failed for some reason – nate21 Aug 02 '17 at 19:08
  • you could try sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list find the line containing the repo and delete it manually. If there is no line check if there is a file with according name somewhere in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ – derHugo Aug 03 '17 at 05:23

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Here is what I did (on Ubuntu 16.04):

In the desktop GUI software center updater, go to other software tab and uncheck

http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu xenial main

What I think occurred: I ran sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat utils without prefacing that with an apt-get update first and then an apt-get upgrade. The system was freshly installed and I wanted to jump right into formatting an SD-card!

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