Ubuntu apt-get unable to fetch packages [closed]

Question

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. 

Answer 1

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:

1. Backup your sources list sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

2. Open the sources file /etc/apt/sources.list and rename all the instances of us.archive or archive in

   http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

   to

   http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

   Also do the same for the http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/saucy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages

3. Run sudo apt-get update after doing the above.

That should fix the issue.

Warning: Please update your ubuntu to an LTS version as soon as possible otherwise you won't be getting the latest security patches. This is definitely not a solution that you would deploy on production machines.

Answer 2

I tried using :

sudo do-release-upgrade 

and then use :

sudo apt-get update 

after that you will be able to install any packages.

If this did not worked for you try to change the network conf in apt.conf