Ubuntu – How to solve “Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing” error

aptsoftware installation

I'm trying to install phpMyAdmin using sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin but encountering this error

Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main mysql-common all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 194.169.254.10 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-common all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main libmysqlclient18 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client-core-5.5 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client-5.5 i386 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main mysql-client all 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-core-5.5_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-5.5_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client_5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

What could be the issue here? How do I solve it?

Best Answer

Try using 

sudo apt-get update

then retry.

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