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On my Ubuntu VPS I keep getting some repository errors with I do "apt-get update" and I can't update anymore. How do I fix this?

When I try to run the command "sudo apt-get update" on my Ubuntu 14 VPS I keep getting errors. Below is a log of what is happening:

lupocatttivo@octane:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports InRelease
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty Release
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates Release
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/main Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://apt-longview.linode.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages
Ign http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic InRelease
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic Release.gpg
Hit http://apt-longview.linode.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://mirrors.linode.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.linode.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist Release.gpg
Hit http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic Release
Hit http://apt-longview.linode.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty InRelease
Hit http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist Release
Hit https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty/varnish-4.0 amd64 Packages
Hit http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty/varnish-4.0 i386 Packages
Get:1 https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty/varnish-4.0 Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen i386 Packages
Ign https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty/varnish-4.0 Translation-en_US
Ign http://apt-longview.linode.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign https://repo.varnish-cache.org trusty/varnish-4.0 Translation-en
Ign http://apt-longview.linode.com trusty/main Translation-en
Ign http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://apt.newrelic.com newrelic/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen Translation-en_US
Ign http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::17 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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Could you please help fix the problem?

thanks in advance

Zac Harris

You should check to make sure your Ubuntu installation is still supported. If you need the command:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release

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Then check the "End of Life" (EOL) of the release here: Ubuntu Releases

If you are at EOL of your release you need to change your sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list). Replace CODENAME with the codename of the Ubuntu release you are using.

# Required
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ununtu/ CODENAME-security main restricted universe multiverse

#Optional
#deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME-backports main restricted universe multiverse

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From your log, it looks like you are still hitting some saucey repos which may be a little old.

HTH

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On my Ubuntu VPS I keep getting some repository errors with I do &quot;apt-get update&quot; and I can't update anymore. How do I fix this?

On my Ubuntu VPS I keep getting some repository errors with I do "apt-get update" and I can't update anymore. How do I fix this?