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AmirRazoR
Asked: 2012-12-16 09:37:26 +0800 CST

Problem prevents the update or installation of new software

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It's been a week now that whenever i run sudo apt-get update it shows me this:

Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease    Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease    Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports InRelease    Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease    Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed InRelease    Err
http://archive.canonical.com quantal InRelease    Err
http://archive.canonical.com quantal InRelease    Err
http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease    Err
http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease    Err
http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease    Err
http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease    Err http://dl.google.com
stable InRelease    Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg 
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com
quantal-updates Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg   Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://archive.ubuntu.com
quantal-security Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:
Err http://archive.canonical.com quantal Release.gpg   Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal
Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err
http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg   Unable to connect to
127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://dl.google.com stable
Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err
http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-proposed Release.gpg   Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err http://archive.canonical.com quantal
Release.gpg   Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666: Err
http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg   Unable to connect to
127.0.0.1:9666: Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.canonical.com/dists/quantal/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-proposed/InRelease  

W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease 


W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease


W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu/dists/quantal/InRelease


W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg  Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/Release.gpg 
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/Release.gpg 
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/Release.gpg 
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-proposed/Release.gpg 
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg  Unable
to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://archive.canonical.com/dists/quantal/Release.gpg  Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg  Unable to
connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Failed to fetch
http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg  Unable
to connect to 127.0.0.1:9666:

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
and when i try to download and install a software from terminal it tells me:
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with
--fix-missing?

i also tried installing Softwares from Synaptic it also gives me errors of same kinds.. also there is a red triangle on the top right of my screen telling me:

the update information is outdated. this may be caused by network problems or a repository that no longer exists,

now i searched a lot on web on trying to solve this problem so i ran plenty of repositories to see if they work.. but non of them worked..

i checked also my software sources, i ticked or Unticked everything on "other software" tab, but still nothing changed.

this is how my software sources is now: picture 1

picture 2

picture 3

picture 4

also this is the body of my etc/apt/source.list:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release i386 (20121017.2)]/ quantal main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ quantal partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ quantal partner
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb-src http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-proposed restricted main multiverse universe

any idea how i can fix this?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    apt seems to be using your own computer as a mirror (127.0.0.1:9666). Don't you have/had any software like apt-cacher and removed/disable it?

    If this is the case, that information should be configured in /etc/apt/apt.conf or in any file present on /etc/apt/apt.conf.d. To see if it is set in any of those files use :

    cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
grep -r proxy /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

    If you see any information regarding a proxy on those files, just edit it using sudo gedit <path_to_file> and comment that section using "#". To have a clue what you should be looking take a look at this answer.

    After this just do sudo apt-get update and it should be fixed. If not then you will have to inspect why it is using localhost as a mirror (are you connected to a proxy?).

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