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How do i clear out my repo indexes completely, start from scratch etc. I have a lot of bad or old indexes that I'd like to clean up

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.linux.duke.edu/ubuntu/dists/saucy-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found to re
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter
Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:webupd8team/jupiter'.
Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

I do know how to remove repo's from the command line

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Simply edit your /etc/apt/sources.list for normal repositories. PPA entries you can find in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. Simply edit with sudo nano.

Or you can use banish404 which you can find in the official repositories:

sudo apt-get install banish404 gksu

And starting it with:

gksudo banish404

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