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I was trying to update apt-get and I keep getting 404 errors - I assumed it was the fault of my proxy, which has been causing errors in wget and in the browser, but upon visiting one of the links that reported an error, I found that it was trying to download a "Sources" file which on the server was actually stored as "Sources.bz2"

I was able to get the list of sources from this - where should I put it so that apt-get will use them?

EDIT: current sources.list (Ubuntu 14.04)

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#                            OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS                             #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#


###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Current apt.conf

Acquire::http::User-Agent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/43.0.2357.130 Safari/537.36";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://129.###.###.###:80";
user3475234
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    You have to configure apt to use a proxy - http://askubuntu.com/questions/257290/configure-proxy-for-apt – Panther Jun 25 '15 at 19:04
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    Post your current `/etc/apt/sources.list`. – muru Jun 26 '15 at 01:50
  • @muru I put it up, thanks for any help you can give. – user3475234 Jun 26 '15 at 11:43
  • @bodhi.zazen I've tried this in several ways, both with the "$http_proxy" variable and through the apt.conf file. I also changed the user agent (because I had to do that for my browser to get through the proxy). It's a corporate environment, so I can't change the proxy. – user3475234 Jun 26 '15 at 11:43
  • Talk to your IT dept for support on the proxy ;) – Panther Jun 26 '15 at 16:42

2 Answers2

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Your sources.list is stored at /etc/apt/ folder. To see and edit them you can run:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

To edit that file run:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

or

sudo apt edit-sources

Your PPAs are stored to:

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

Though do mention when editing those files manually make sure you know what you are doing/editing that this/those repos/sources that you're adding will definitely work with your current distro otherwise you can break/damage your apt. Usually when adding new repositories you should run:

sudo add-apt-repository some:ppa
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Not sure if you mean this: /etc/apt/sources.list

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  • Well yes and no - this list is what failed when I called `sudo apt-get update`. I decided to try to download the sources the UPDATE was downloading, and was hoping to learn where to put them, since my update functionality isn't really working. – user3475234 Jun 25 '15 at 19:02
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    This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post - you can always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient [reputation](http://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation) you will be able to [comment on any post](http://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment). – Ron Jun 26 '15 at 06:10
  • @Ron This is an attempt to answer the question so it is an *answer*, although it isn't of very high quality it is still *an answer* ;) – Seth Jun 26 '15 at 17:37
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    @Seth The author is *not sure*, so it is *not* an *answer* but fits better in *requesting clarification* (as in *did you mean this?*). And someone else did feel this is the right comment. – Ron Jun 27 '15 at 04:14