404 Not Found when trying to update

[Aries K]

I have noticed for a while for using a testing distro that there has hardly been updates. First I thought to myself "well maybe there just aren't any" but then it's been doing it for a while. I then run Kpackage kit and get this message " http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
404 Not Found
". When I run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade I get "the following packages have been held back" and it is some language pack. I would think by this time there would be more updates than a langauge pack. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks in advance.

[Snowhog]

Re: 404 Not Found when trying to update

Open a console and update/dist-upgrade from there:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Do you still get the 404 Not Found? And if 'yes,' do you also see E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

If you do, then type:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing

I had this happen to me (404 Not Found) yesterday. It was reported as:

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...untu5_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.169 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Running sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing allowed the dist-upgrade to continue without any reported error.

[Aries K]

Re: 404 Not Found when trying to update

Thanks, doing that made my Kubuntu finally get some updates. In Kpackagekit it still says "404 Not Found". Is there any way to clear that up or will updates in due time correct that issue? Thanks again.

[Snowhog]

Re: 404 Not Found when trying to update

I don't use KPackagekit for actual package management - I use the console/CLI. KPackagekit 'assumes' (by the developers) that everything 'be just so', and also, takes a more conservative approach to PM (package management). You have much more control over what will happen if you do PM from the console. That, or install Synaptic Package Manager, which does a much better job than KPackagekit (even though it is getting better).

[Aries K]

Re: 404 Not Found when trying to update

I don't use KPackagekit for actual package management - I use the console/CLI. KPackagekit 'assumes' (by the developers) that everything 'be just so', and also, takes a more conservative approach to PM (package management). You have much more control over what will happen if you do PM from the console. That, or install Synaptic Package Manager, which does a much better job than KPackagekit (even though it is getting better).

Ok that is cool. I usually do most of my serious package management through a console anyways and quick installs through KpackageKit. Thanks again.