E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. root@sofradio:/home/user1# sudo apt-get install sourcefabric-keyring Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package sourcefabric-keyring
I have had this happen recently as well. If you can ping, for example, apt.sourcefabric.org then you know it's not an issue of name resolution and/or internet connectivity.
To get around a particular mirror not working add this to the top of /etc/apt/sources.list deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise main restricted universe multiverse deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
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