Could not refresh Packages

[Rodney9]

I followed the instructions -

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:onestone/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc

and un-ticked remastersys

But I still get the error -

Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I close update manger and it either tries to refresh endlessly or locks up.

Any clues.
Thanks,
Rodney

[Pinguy]

You didn't do this.
 

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:onestone/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc
Open the Terminal copy each line one at a time and paste it into the Terminal and hit enter, and enter your password.

[Rodney9]

I still get -

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Err http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages                               
  404  Not Found
Fetched 12.8kB in 10s (1,235B/s)                                               
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Pinguy]

OK this should fix it.

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sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:onestone/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc
I thought that ppa-purge was installed as Ubuntu Tweak uses it. But after checking in wasn't.

[Rodney9]

OK this should fix it.

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sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:onestone/vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc
I thought that ppa-purge was installed as Ubuntu Tweak uses it. But after checking in wasn't.

$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

ppa-purge is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

[Pinguy]

Sorry my bad 

this

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sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc
Should be this

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sudo ppa-purge ppa:c-korn/vlc
I added an extra "ppa:"

[Rodney9]

I don't know what to say.

sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc

Will remove the c-korn/vlc repostory and un-install all the packages it got from there then download them from a live repostory.

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$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ppa:c-korn/vlc
PPA to be removed: ppa:c-korn vlc
Warning:  Could not find package list for PPA: ppa:c-korn vlc
I know what to say, this is one only tiny glitch in such a fantastic OS, I sorry for nitpicking.

Thanks for your support.

[Pinguy]

Look at my last post. After I posted that I noticed what was wrong then did an edit.

[fatgiant]

I used Ubuntu Tweak to delete that ppa in the sources.

It worked for me. Just saying...

[Rodney9]

Look at my last post. After I posted that I noticed what was wrong then did an edit.

That did it, Thanks again.

Rodney

[fatgiant]

Great. Closed. Moved.