[Novalug] apt-get update - Failed to fetch

Mike Shade mshade@mshade.org
Wed Mar 5 14:07:50 EST 2008


Hi Chuck,

Looks like you just need to update some of the source addresses.  I think
Medibuntu moved their repos sometime back, so you just have the wrong
address in your sources.list file. (/etc/apt/sources.list)

Here's the latest how to:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

-- Mike


On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Chuck Seiders <chucks@tux.org> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> This has been occurring for sometime now on an Ubuntu derivative box I
> use.
> My question is, why do I see the following after running apt-get update?
>
> root@Cassandra-Full:~# apt-get update
> <snip>
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports Release
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty Release.gpg
> Hit http://www.linuxmint.com cassandra/ Packages
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/free Translation-en_US
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/non-free Translation-en_US
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty Release
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/free Packages
> Ign http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/non-free Packages
> Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages
> Hit http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial/main Packages
> Err http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/free Packages
> 302 Found
> Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages
> Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages
> Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages
> Err http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com feisty/non-free Packages
> 302 Found
> Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Sources
> <snip>
> Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists ... ackages.gz
> <
> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> >
> 302 Found
> Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists ... ackages.gz
> <
> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> >
> 302 Found
> Reading package lists... Done
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.
> root@Cassandra-Full:~#
>
> Even better, how should I fix it??
>
> FWIW
> Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a
> repository of packages
> that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons
> (copyright, license, patent, etc).
>
> Thx in advance,
> --ChuckS
>
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