Can't download updates

[wonder]

I don't know if it's a problem with my network or the repositories.
Today I got a notification that there are updates available to download, via Discovery or Konsole. I'm having the same problem. I try to download it and after a while it says:
"A problem occurred while installing this update. Please try again later."
If I click on the technical details, it tells me:
"The package download failed:

E: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware amd64 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17 is not (yet) available (500 Internal Server Error [IP: 2620:2d:4000:1::101 80])"

Is it a problem with my network or the Ubuntu server? I ask this because I see that it attacks IPv6, if it works for you, I will disable IPv6 on my router.

[bweinel]

I found the same problem here this morning while trying to install updates... I suspect one of the distribution servers is likely having an issue. Hopefully someone will sort it out soon.

All the best,
bill

[wonder]

I found the same problem here this morning while trying to install updates... I suspect one of the distribution servers is likely having an issue. Hopefully someone will sort it out soon.

All the best,
bill

In this case, ok.

Thanks for your reply.

All the best!!

[bweinel]

Looks like the distribution server is having issues with only one file (a firmware update.) Here's what it returned for me:

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb 500 Internal Server Error

If you wish to download and install the other updates without having the bad file causing apt to fail with an error; you can use the "-m" parameter in apt-get to allow it to install everything else as below...

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -m upgrade

All the best,
bill

[claydoh]

https://status.canonical.com/
The security repos are/were having issues.

[Teunis]

It kind of works, dead slow.

[jlittle]

I got this on linux-firmware in the pluck-updates repo. I tried again and it worked.

[RobertoAC]

I thought the error was due to a connection issue. I'd been trying to update the linux-firmware package for hours. It seems it still hasn't been resolved. It's good to know I wasn't alone, though.

[claydoh]

It is across all ubuntu-land, so all the Flavours, Mint, neon, etc

[wonder]

Looks like the distribution server is having issues with only one file (a firmware update.) Here's what it returned for me:

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.17_amd64.deb 500 Internal Server Error

If you wish to download and install the other updates without having the bad file causing apt to fail with an error; you can use the "-m" parameter in apt-get to allow it to install everything else as below...

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -m upgrade

All the best,
bill

It doesn't work for me.
When it tries to download a specific package, it starts very slowly and sometimes gives me wait times of more than 12 hours. It doesn't install the rest of the packages...

I got this on linux-firmware in the pluck-updates repo. I tried again and it worked.

Should I change the repo? In that case, I think I'll wait...

It is across all ubuntu-land, so all the Flavours, Mint, neon, etc

Thanks for the info

[bweinel]

Yep... as claydoh said earlier, they're having issues with the server(s) still as of last I checked this morning.

The "apt-get -m upgrade" command should allow you to get everything available currently except for the item(s) on the bad server. However, it does take a bit of extra time to error out before it completes.

All the best,
bill

[wonder]

Yep... as claydoh said earlier, they're having issues with the server(s) still as of last I checked this morning.

The "apt-get -m upgrade" command should allow you to get everything available currently except for the item(s) on the bad server. However, it does take a bit of extra time to error out before it completes.

All the best,
bill

Ok, thanks for the info.

I will try later to leave it more time waiting.

All the best!

[skyfishgoo]

i was successful at pulling in this firmware update by switching servers (the one i found was in Vietnam), i've since rebooted and all is well so it seems to have been applied.

still didn't solve my AMD GPU freezing upon wake from hibernation, but that's a different topic.