I never had a 404 issue like that. I did not change anything. I mentioned the issue when I tried to install something. So I’ve tried a simple update, which also gives a huge number of 404’s. I have no idea how to fix. Must be something on DO side?
sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security InRelease
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security Release
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Translation-en
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com utopic-security/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe Translation-en
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com utopic-updates/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 95.85.0.50 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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@asb : Thanks, it really worked for me by replacing Utopic (archive.ubuntu.com) source urls with http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ .
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