“sudo apt-get update” packages 404ing in linux mint nadia

Question

In Linux Mint Nadia (Cinnamon), when I run

sudo apt-get update

I got the following set of error: I removed http://'s due to superuser.com's spam filtering.

Fetched 173 kB in 13s (12.5 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/nadia/partner/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.150 80]

W: Failed to fetch archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/nadia/partner/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.150 80]

W: Failed to fetch archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/nadia/partner/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.150 80]

W: Failed to fetch dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/binary-amd64/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/nadia/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 199.47.217.170 80]

W: Failed to fetch linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/nadia/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 199.47.217.170 80]

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

The same errors also appear in the Update Manager.

Answer 1

In some cases if you switch to 'Server for United Stages' solves your problem. Because, the selected server if not synced with the mains would result in 404s.

Answer 2

What you should do is edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to make it look like this: (you can edit with gedit as superuser, or vim using sudo or however you like it the most)

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

#deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps
#deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games

then make an update

sudo apt-get update

and the upgrade

sudo apt-get upgrade

You shouldn't see that error anymore...

Answer 3

I haven't verified this article, but check it out and see if modifying the /etc/apt/sources.list will fix your problem.

Answer 4

I cross-posted to the mint forums here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=119348

The nice folks over there were able to help me with most of the issue.

The sources.list* files were auto-configured improperly.