Just installed Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) and anything I try to install via sudo apt-get install is failing and throwing a series of 404 erros.
Example - installing tmux
[jeeves@HAL] hadoop > sudo apt-get install tmux
[sudo] password for jeeves:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tmux
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 247 kB of archives.
After this operation, 577 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
tmux
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? Y
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main tmux amd64 1.8-4
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tmux/tmux_1.8-4_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
In this case it can't fetch an archive URL.
I get something similar when installing mysql-server
....
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.37-0ubuntu0.13.10.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdbi-perl/libdbi-perl_1.627-1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
....
... and numerous other packages.
I even tried sudo apt-get update and running with --fix-missing?
Is the Ubuntu repository just down (which seems odd given how many people rely on it) or did I miss something?
EDIT: Here's what happens when I try sudo apt-get update. The update itself doesn't work because of resources that can't be found
> sudo apt-get update
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports InRelease
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.virtualbox.org maverick/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Translation-en
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com saucy-security/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com saucy-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Ran into a similar issue.
This is linked to using a non LTS version of Ubuntu called an "End of life version". As those have discontinued support. You can check if your Ubuntu is at the end of life version on this link.
The simplest solution is to do the following two steps:
Backup your sources list
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup
Open the sources file /etc/apt/sources.list and rename all the instances of us.archive or archive in
Run sudo apt-get update after doing the above.
That should fix the issue.
Security warning: Please update your Ubuntu to an LTS version (to find the current one look into the docs here) as soon as possible, otherwise you won't be getting the latest security patches. The workaround presented in this answer is definitely not a solution that you would deploy on production machines.
Non-US: localized versions may use a different variant (e.g., search for fr.archive.ubuntu.com instead of us.archive.ubuntu.com - change "fr" based on your locale)