[SOLVED] Replacing Software Sources

[and003]

I am having trouble updating my LinuxMint installation because of software sources that are no longer working or can't be accessed. Where can I find new software sources?

For information, I am using LinuxMint Maya 32-bit with XFCE. I am also including documentation of one attempt to make an update. If further information is required, let me know.

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and003@Tiger-Linux-Mint-Maya-DC-426H ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for and003: 
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg                              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg                      
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya Release [18.6 kB]                     
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release                                  
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release                          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg                    
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg                           
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages                       
Ign http://archive.removed maya-removed Release.gpg                          
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main i386 Packages [18.2 kB]          
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages                 
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages                   
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages                 
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex                    
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex              
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release                        
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex                
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages               
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages         
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages           
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release                               
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream i386 Packages [10.6 kB]      
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import i386 Packages [42.0 kB]        
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages         
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex            
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex      
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex      
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex        
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages             
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner i386 Packages                 
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en                      
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en                
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en                
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en                  
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import TranslationIndex                 
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en        
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en        
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages       
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages         
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages       
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex          
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex    
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex    
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex      
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex              
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en          
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main TranslationIndex                   
Ign http://archive.removed maya-removed Release                              
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en   
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream TranslationIndex               
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en      
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en      
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en        
Ign http://archive.removed maya-removed/apps TranslationIndex                
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US             
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en                
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com maya/upstream Translation-en
Err http://archive.removed maya-removed/apps i386 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign http://archive.removed maya-removed/apps Translation-en_US               
Ign http://archive.removed maya-removed/apps Translation-en                  
Fetched 89.5 kB in 6s (13.1 kB/s)                                              
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.removed/ubuntu/dists/maya-removed/apps/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
and003@Tiger-Linux-Mint-Maya-DC-426H ~ $

[karlchen]

Hello, and003.

Telling from the output of "sudo apt-get update" only the repository entry which points to removed is wrong, because it names "maya" where it should name "precise" instead.
Please, post the output of the command line

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inxi -r

Kind regards,
Karl

[TANUJMINTLINUX]

Hello, and003.

Telling from the output of "sudo apt-get update" only the repository entry which points to removed is wrong, because it names "maya" where it should name "precise" instead.
Please, post the output of the command line

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inxi -r

Kind regards,
Karl

hi i am having the same thing when i run the software update and in my case the result of ur said command is

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linux@linux-Notebook-PC ~ $ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.domain.com/ saucy main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/removed.list
           deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu saucy-removed apps
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com petra main upstream import
           deb http://extra.linuxmint.com petra main
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-source-repositories.list
           deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com petra main upstream import
           deb-src http://extra.linuxmint.com petra main
           deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main restricted universe multiverse
           deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner

[eanfrid]

The path has changed a few months ago:

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http://archive.removed/ubuntu

is a wrong path. It should be:

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http://archive.removed/removed/ubuntu

[TANUJMINTLINUX]

The path has changed a few months ago:

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http://archive.removed/ubuntu

is a wrong path. It should be:

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http://archive.removed/removed/ubuntu

IT STILL DOES NOT WORKS and says

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linux@linux-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for linux: 
Hit http://archive.removed saucy-removed InRelease
Hit http://archive.removed saucy-removed/apps i386 Packages                  
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com petra InRelease                              
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra Release.gpg [198 B]                  
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy InRelease                               
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease                        
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra Release [18.5 kB]                    
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release.gpg                             
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg [933 B]            
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy Release                                 
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/main Sources [25.5 kB]               
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release [49.6 kB]              
Ign http://archive.removed saucy-removed/apps Translation-en_IN              
Ign http://archive.removed saucy-removed/apps Translation-en                 
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Sources                         
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/upstream Sources [8,645 B]           
Hit http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner i386 Packages                   
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/import Sources [12.0 kB]             
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources [43.6 kB]         
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/main i386 Packages [28.7 kB]         
Get:10 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/upstream i386 Packages [23.3 kB]    
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources [14 B]     
Get:12 http://packages.linuxmint.com petra/import i386 Packages [40.4 kB]      
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources [8,836 B]    
Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com petra InRelease                                 
Get:14 http://extra.linuxmint.com petra Release.gpg [198 B]                    
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources [1,827 B]  
Get:16 http://extra.linuxmint.com petra Release [3,090 B]                      
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages [114 kB]   
Get:18 http://extra.linuxmint.com petra/main Sources [20 B]                    
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease                                  
Get:19 http://extra.linuxmint.com petra/main i386 Packages [655 B]             
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease                          
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg                                
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en_IN               
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg [933 B]             
Ign http://archive.canonical.com saucy/partner Translation-en                  
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release                                    
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release [49.6 kB]               
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages [38.8 kB]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,634 B]
Get:25 http://packages.domain.com saucy InRelease                              
100% [25 InRelease gpgv 1,014 B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] [WSplitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/packages.domain.com_dists_saucy_InReleaseIgn http://packages.domain.com saucy InRelease                                 
E: GPG error: http://packages.domain.com saucy InRelease: Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)

[eanfrid]

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http://packages.domain.com

is not an Ubuntu/Mint repository location.

[TANUJMINTLINUX]

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http://packages.domain.com

is not an Ubuntu/Mint repository location.

so what should i do EXACTLY

[karlchen]

In the sources list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list prefix a hash # to the line

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deb http://packages.domain.com/ saucy main

Result:

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# deb http://packages.domain.com/ saucy main

Note:
The sources list files can only be modified with root privileges. So you will have to run a commandline like this in order to edit the file:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list

On Mint 16, you can also use the "Software Sources" from the Mint Menu and simply untick (disable) the dummy repository http://packages.domain.com/.

[and003]

Hello, and003.

Telling from the output of "sudo apt-get update" only the repository entry which points to removed is wrong, because it names "maya" where it should name "precise" instead.
Please, post the output of the command line

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inxi -r

Kind regards,
Karl

I used your idea and it seems to have worked. I was able to update my system. In the meantime, I would like to update my sources.list file to make sure this doesn't happen again. I know that I will need to replace the packages.medibuntu.org link and possibly the archive.removed links as well. I will also need a list of additional repositories, since I don't have one in my sources.list.d directory. I am including the code of the sources.list file I have now. If you need further information, let me know.

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free

# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu precise-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu precise-removed games

[karlchen]

Hello, and003.

The sources.list file can only be modified with root privileges. So you will have to run a commandline like this in order to edit the file:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Change your sources.list file to read

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free

# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu precise-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu precise-removed games

In case you wish to activate the removed repositories, remove the "# " characters in front of the 2 removed lines.
Next run

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sudo apt-get update

This will reveal whether any error has slipped your attention.

Note:
You can disable/enable existing repository entries inside mintupdate => software sources without editing the sources.list file manually.

I will also need a list of additional repositories

Why? If all the repositories which your system has got to query for software updates are listed in the file sources.list then there is no need to have an extra file /etc/apt/sources.d/additional-repositories.
There are several ways of achieving the same goal. Do not let yourself be confused by the fact that in older Ubuntu/Mint versions most things were added to the main file sources.list, whereas in newer Ubuntu/Mint versions the trend is using several separate sources list files.

Kind regards,
Karl

[and003]

I recently upgraded to LinuxMint 17 (Qiana) with the XFCE desktop environment so I no longer need this information.

[harry26]

I would like to update my sources.list file to make sure this doesn't happen again. I know that I will need to replace the packages.

[MtnDewManiac]

The sources.list file can only be modified with root privileges. So you will have to run a commandline like this in order to edit the file:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Shouldn't that be:

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gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

?

Regards,
MDM

[karlchen]

Hello, MtnDewManiac.

Basically you are right. When launching a graphical application like gedit one should prefix either gksudo (not on KDE) or kdesudo (only on KDE) instead of sudo.
Nonetheless I can assure you that I have been careless more than once and used

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and no unwanted side effects resulted from my politically incorrect activities. - This will not be the case with all other graphical applications though. So prefixing gksudo or kdesudo will be the proper way of doing it.

Cheers,
Karl