apt-get/synaptic repositories problems
 

Hi all,

I recently installed ubuntu 7.10, I have been updating my system through apt-get and synaptic, and up until recently it was all working fine. Things are not going so good now, and i don't know what i have done?

when i try to install any software through synaptic now i get this error:

http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...y/Release.gpg: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...y/Release.gpg: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...y/Release.gpg: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...s/Release.gpg: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...d/Release.gpg: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ion-en_GB.bz2: Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)


I don't know why i am getting this error now, as far as i know i haven't changed anything recently, or at least i don't "think" i did. Stranger things have happened though..

thanks in advance

deft

Can you please post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## 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
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

## 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.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## 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.

## 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 gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main universe restricted multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

This is what i get when i run sudo apt-get update:

sudo apt-get update
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/universe Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/main Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_GB
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg
Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...es/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...sy/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...ty/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/di...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...es/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...ed/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...al/Release.gpg Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/...tion-en_GB.bz2 Could not connect to localhost:4001 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
lub0@lub0-desktop:~$

Hmm...

What happens when you try to run "apt-get update"?

what are your proxy settings?

There is no proxy? I am a home user connecting directly to the internet using dsl wireless..

and all my internet and stuff works, it just appears to be apt and also my bit-torrent wont work either?

indienick, Its the output I posted above :)

What does echo $http_proxy give you?

Yeah, I noticed that the second I posted it.

Ugh - it's been a bad day.

hehe, know what you mean mate ;)

does /etc/apt.conf exists?

If yes, please post its content

Ok first up, sudo echo $http_proxy: http://localhost:4001


cat /etc/apt.conf
cat: /etc/apt.conf: No such file or directory

I guess that its not there :P

Then, you'll have to get rid of this env. var every time your system starts up.

I suggest you to do a
to found where this env. var is defined and remove it.

Bye