One of the most common error one faces while updating Ubuntu, either through Software Updater or in Terminal, is “Failed to download repository information Check your Internet connection.”
Mainly the error looks like this in the terminal:
W:Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_restricted_binary-i386_Packages Hash Sum mismatch , W:Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/in.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages Hash Sum mismatch , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used insteadThe one shot solution to this problem which has always worked for me is to run the following commands in terminal:
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get updateI hope this quick tip helps you as well.
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hi abhishek,
please rectify the problem
Change the repository server (in software sources) to US server or main server. It should fix the problem.
this what mine is still saying for ubuntu 13.04: E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
kindly assist if u can
Please post full error
Thanks bro, thanks a lot…….. :* :)
This is working greatly so far.
Welcome Joe.
nope, didnt work, same prob E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead..
hres d full result- sudo apt-get update
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security Release
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_IN
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe amd64 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_IN
Hit http://download.skype.com stable/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_IN
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Sources
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe i386 Packages
Err http://download.skype.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 192.80.13.57 80]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Translation-en_IN
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en_IN
W: Failed to fetch http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 192.80.13.57 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
tried it, i guess dis works coz now it is downloading update after running the above code, thanx alot bro…been aroung many places to find dis solution
you are welcome Rashad
failed to fetch http //in.archive.ubuntu.com
using ubuntu 13.04
There should be more to it. Can you paste the whole line?
Hey buddy… This command gives this error… Would you please help ????
[email protected]:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release [5,925B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources [3,856B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages [6,442B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Fetched 16.4kB in 2s (5,822B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
It says Maverick Updates. Which Ubuntu version are you using? There are some software in your system which is intended for Ubuntu 10.10. Let me know which version are you using and I’ll suggest solution accordingly.
ubuntu 14.04
This command gives the following error for me:
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;&’
How to fix it?
Hi Neha.. Use the following command:
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && sudo apt-get update
The theme messed up with the code field. I’ll edit the post later.