Software updater isn't working, saying it can't download repository information.  I've switched the download site to Main Server from a Canadian academic site.  Please explain like I'm five.  Boxes tell me this:     The information about available software is out-of-date      To install software and updates from newly added or changed sources, you have to reload the information about available software.      Updating cache: Failed to download repository information:      Details:  W:The repository 'http://deb.bitmask.net/debian xenial Release' does not have a Release file. W:Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. W:See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E:Failed to fetch http://deb.bitmask.net/debian/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.    In terminal, apt-secure &amp; apt-secure manpage give command not found.  I haven't been able to do Software Update for two days.  Yikes, I need patches re: Spectre and co.!
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When I run software updater it says that it failed to download repository information and to check Internet connectivity.  I have Internet connectivity.  How do I fix this?  editing to add content of sources,list:  sorry I can't figure out how to paste in the content of sources.list without making a huge mess.  Some of it previews as really large bold print.  I tried to follow the block quoting and code rules but it is a huge mess anyway.
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The error I am having when trying to update my package list.  W: GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org ./ Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1436387333  W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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I'm looking for a package that provides a specific binary, so I can install it. how can I search to find out what packages provide this binary? (note: I know there's at least one tool that does this, but I have forgotten its name.)
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I'm trying to update from ubuntu 12.10 lately but I keep getting the "Failed to fetch" error.  W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'independent/binary-amd64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)  W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'independent/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)  W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'independent/binary-amd64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)  W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'independent/binary-amd64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.   I changed the server and deleted the source lists from /var/lib/apt/lists/ like some answers say but still. This is really annoying.
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The  gives this example file:  deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main  deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main  deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main   What is the difference between the jessie and jessie-updates distribution entries?
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Please help me: I added this repositories manually and i cant remove them  echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/Debian_8.0/ /' &gt; /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vertex-theme.list  wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Horst3180/Debian_8.0/Release.key   I tried to use removing the key using apt-key list and then removing using the id, it successfully removed the key but when i use apt update i get this output:  W: GPG error: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/Debian_8.0  Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5A7D1D38BEB6D886 E: The repository 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/Debian_8.0  Release' is not signed. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.   I just want to be able to run apt update normally like when a fresh OS install was made
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Debian users have a kind of "wayback machine":  , which is really great.  There are regressions sometimes, and if I don't have local deb package with old version, I'm getting sad sometimes. Having a wayback machine like this is very helpful.  I can't find analogue of it for Ubuntu. Have I missed it?
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When I try to install updates from the update manager it says:  Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic_3.0.0-13.22_i386.deb   Size mismatch   I have tried several times and through terminal too but the size mismatch repeats itself there too. What is this size mismatch error?  I also tried sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade, but the error comes again.  Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-intel/xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb   Size mismatch   E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
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When I log into my web server via SSH I see the information:  88 packages can be updated. 80 updates are security updates   I tried apt-get update then apt-get upgrade but each time I log in I still see the message about updates. How do I install them?
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I can not update  on a Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) server to get rid of the discovered vulnerability:  bash --version GNU bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)  apt-get update apt-get install bash Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bash is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.   Can I use Squeeze-LTS for this server just to update Bash? After one week I will be on another server, so I will not make any other updates.  uname -m x86_64  lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 (squeeze) Release:        6.0.5 Codename:       squeeze
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Okay, I understand how I may use apt-get {install|upgrade|remove} mypackages to install, upgrade, or remove binaries as well as their configuration data files and dependencies (actually, remove will only remove the binaries unless additional flags are provided).  I am not looking for how it is used as the man describes this, but high level what it is doing.  My end goal is to create a means for me to install and manage some custom software (created by a make file) on multiple remote machines, and I need to learn more about the process.  If answers to this question are based on which distribution is used, please tailor to Debian.  In addition to generally how it works, I have the following specific questions:   How does the client that is accessing the apt repository keep track of the files? Must the repository be hosted on the same operating system (i.e. can apt repository be hosted on redhat)? How are the locations to install files specified?  Is this specified by the .deb file? How is a remote machine accessing the repository?  Is it just ftp(s) or http(s)? Is the machine that is hosting the repository running special software (like gitlab for a git repository), or is it just some structured file system?
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I am trying to apt-get update but it gets stuck on   0% [Connecting to ph.archive.ubuntu.com (202.90.159.172)]  and after a couple of minutes it gives me the following:  Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]      Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu xenial InRelease Err:3 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                        Could not connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:d18:0:23::172). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] Err:4 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease   Unable to connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] Err:5 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease   Unable to connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] Fetched 102 kB in 2min 0s (846 B/s)                       Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/InRelease  Could not connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (2001:d18:0:23::172). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-updates/InRelease  Unable to connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-backports/InRelease  Unable to connect to ph.archive.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 2001:d18:0:23::172 80] W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.   I have tried disabling IPV6 connection as described  but it doesn't seem to fix the problem. What should I do? I'm an Ubuntu newb and using 16.04.
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The update from Trusty to Xenial is officially available via the software updater. After updating all packages, upgrading through the software updater yields:  Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.   Doing a sudo do-release-upgrade yields:      Checking for a new Ubuntu release Err Upgrade tool signature                                                        403  Sorry, not allowed to fetch that type of file: xenial.tar.gz.gpg         Err Upgrade tool                                                                  403  Sorry, not allowed to fetch that type of file: xenial.tar.gz             Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                       WARNING:root:file 'xenial.tar.gz.gpg' missing Failed to fetch Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.
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When I run update-manager command on terminal, I get this error"  W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/colingille/freshlight/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/colingille/freshlight/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.
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I just read . It talks about downloading an AppImage.     Yes, Linux; the Linux packages is distributed as an .appimage for 32-bit and 64-bit distributions, and should run across all major Linux distributions without any issues. The team currently have no plan to provide a native .deb (or .rpm) installer.   What are AppImages? How do they differ from snaps?
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In MiKTeX 2.9 Package manager, when I'm trying to synchronize it writes me a message: "The remote package repository is not online...", but I'know server is online (I can use FTP to download packages manualy). When I'm trying to change repository it shows me empty list. Like that:   What can I do to fix this without manual downloading packages from repo?
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I am running 19.10 on a Lenovo flex 11 and all seems to be working smoothly. I regularly check for updates and often get something new installed apparently. Well, today I checked for updates and get the message "Failed to load repository information". My network connection is good...hello, my question is getting in here...so what is going on? Fetching e-mail works, surfing the web works, streaming works, but am unable to download repository information. What's up? results of update attempt:  tom@tom-Lenovo-FLEX-6-11IGM:~$ sudo apt update [sudo] password for tom:  Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                     Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease             Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease Get:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release [933 B] Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B] Hit:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease Ign:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release.gpg Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 78BD65473CB3BD13 E: The repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb stable Release' is not signed. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. tom@tom-Lenovo-FLEX-6-11IGM:~$   my ignorance is nearly complete, but it appears to me that something may be lacking in the place where updates live - I am grateful for the assistance I get here.