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The Update Manager is giving me a problem. Each time I hit the Check for updates button, I get the following error:

W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/weather-indicator-team/pp/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/weather-indicator-team/pp/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I re-install the Update Manager and then it works properly, the same issue was with the Software Center I did the same and it worked. Any help?

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There is a typo in the PPA location ('pp' instead of 'ppa').

To fix this:

  • Press Alt + F2 and type gksu software-properties-gtk (press Enter)

  • After typing in your password, go to the Other Software tab and find the two entries that correspond to the error you posted.

    enter image description here

    [Just an example of how the GUI should look like, I don't have that PPA installed.]

  • Select each item, click on the Edit... button and fix the typo. The address should be

    http://ppa.launchpad.net/weather-indicator-team/ppa/ubuntu

    for both entries.

Close and try the Update Manager again.

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  • got a window message saying---------Requires installation of untrusted packages The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources.(weather indicator)
    – Sainath
    Sep 23, 2011 at 16:28
  • Open a gnome-terminal and type the following: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:weather-indicator-team/ppa. This should take care of authenticating the PPA.
    – htorque
    Sep 23, 2011 at 16:35
  • after entering got this :--------Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80/ --recv C1995DD92CCEB8E1865DBE2ADFB844B8BB91632D gpg: requesting key BB91632D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: key BB91632D: public key "Launchpad PPA for Weather Indicator Team" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
    – Sainath
    Sep 24, 2011 at 3:26
  • That sounds okay. Does the Update Manager now work?
    – htorque
    Sep 24, 2011 at 6:22
  • yes it is working :P
    – Sainath
    Sep 24, 2011 at 17:00

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