Saturday, August 11, 2018

reset - Clean out repository indexes on 16.04

How do i clear out my repo indexes completely, start from scratch etc.
I have a lot of bad or old indexes that I'd like to clean up



W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found to re
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter
Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:webupd8team/jupiter'.
Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

I do know how to remove repo's from the command line

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