sudo apt-get install Failure 404 File Fetch Error

Installation is failing through sudo apt-get install

~# sudo apt-get install mininet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  blt dkms fonts-liberation graphviz libamd2.2.0 libblas3gf libcdt4 libcgraph5 libgd2-noxpm libgfortran3 libglade2-0 libgraph4 libgvc5
  libgvpr1 liblapack3gf libpathplan4 libumfpack5.4.0 libutempter0 libxss1 libyaml-0-2 openvswitch-common openvswitch-controller
  openvswitch-datapath-dkms openvswitch-pki openvswitch-switch python-cairo python-dateutil python-dev python-glade2 python-gtk2
  python-imaging python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-networkx python-numpy python-pkg-resources python-pygraphviz
  python-pyparsing python-scipy python-support python-tk python-tz python-yaml python2.7-dev tcl8.5 tk8.5 ttf-liberation ttf-lyx
  xbitmaps xterm
Suggested packages:
  blt-demo graphviz-doc libgd-tools ethtool python-gtk2-doc python-imaging-doc python-imaging-dbg dvipng ipython librsvg2-common
  python-configobj python-excelerator python-matplotlib-doc python-qt3 python-qt4 python-traits python-wxgtk2.8 python-numpy-doc
  python-numpy-dbg python-nose gfortran python-distribute python-distribute-doc tix python-tk-dbg tclreadline xfonts-cyrillic
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  blt dkms fonts-liberation graphviz libamd2.2.0 libblas3gf libcdt4 libcgraph5 libgd2-noxpm libgfortran3 libglade2-0 libgraph4 libgvc5
  libgvpr1 liblapack3gf libpathplan4 libumfpack5.4.0 libutempter0 libxss1 libyaml-0-2 mininet openvswitch-common openvswitch-controller
  openvswitch-datapath-dkms openvswitch-pki openvswitch-switch python-cairo python-dateutil python-dev python-glade2 python-gtk2
  python-imaging python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-networkx python-numpy python-pkg-resources python-pygraphviz
  python-pyparsing python-scipy python-support python-tk python-tz python-yaml python2.7-dev tcl8.5 tk8.5 ttf-liberation ttf-lyx
  xbitmaps xterm
0 upgraded, 51 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,201 kB/62.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 147 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libcdt4 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libcdt4 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libcgraph5 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libgraph4 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libpathplan4 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libgvc5 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libgvpr1 amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main graphviz amd64 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libcdt4_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libcgraph5_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libgraph4_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libpathplan4_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libgvc5_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/libgvpr1_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/graphviz/graphviz_2.26.3-10ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

I’m not sure if some of the files have been misplaced on the server or dependencies have changed.

[yar00001]

It’s solved after doing a sudo dhclient eth1

[aman-subscriptions]

@AsmitaChavan that is only if your system is not able to resolve the host. Try solution described here which will resolve if the issue is only because you can’t reach ubuntu server: https://askubuntu.com/questions/660480/unable-to-locate-package-libjpeg-dev