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While trying to install Ubuntu one it throws me this error - 

W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/**DISTRIBUTION**/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found,
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/**DISTRIBUTION**/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found,
E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

and I can't install it Thanks.

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    Does the message say, literally, "DISTRIBUTION"? That string, and "PAckages" seem suspect.
    – John S Gruber
    Oct 9, 2012 at 2:04
  • Yea, well it's Packages, sorry for that.
    – Yehonatan Tsirolnik
    Oct 9, 2012 at 7:07
  • DISTRIBUTION should be replaced by "precise" or "oneiric" or whatever, too.
    – John S Gruber
    Oct 9, 2012 at 15:31
  • There's not really a good reason to mask your distribution -- and if it was, say, breezy that'd be a handy clue that your problem is your distro.
    – Amanda
    Feb 9, 2018 at 4:43

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This indicates that the rabbitvcs ppa was incorrectly added to your system and it is blocking your access to all software.

I suggest that you open the software-center, then go to the Edit menu and to software sources. From there you can uncheck any references to the rebbitvcs ppa.

After you do that start a terminal and execute:

sudo apt-get update

Then try to install Ubuntu One again.

If you later want the rabbitvcs ppa back I suggest that you add it again using the instructions from here.

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  • Well, actually now when i'm trying to update it throws me thos errors
    – Yehonatan Tsirolnik
    Oct 9, 2012 at 7:06
  • You'll need to remove all of the offending sources before apt-get update will work. Please see also the question thread devav2 cites in his comment.
    – John S Gruber
    Oct 9, 2012 at 15:30
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That would seem to indicate you need to run "sudo apt-get update"

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Well, after looking up at the tutorial of installing rabbitvcs here - http://wiki.rabbitvcs.org/wiki/install/ubuntu I figured out that in the /etc/apt/sources.list file I entered DISTURBUTION instead of 12.04, but still after changing the line it gave me the same error so I just removed the rabbitvcs/ppa repo using this tutorial - http://penreturns.rc.my/2012/02/how-to-remove-purge-unofficial-ppa.html

Thanks for your help :)

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I have similar problem: When I tried to use Ubuntu One by the first time, in my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed using custom DVD generated by Remastersys, it reports this error messages:

W:Failed to check www.remastersys.com/Ubuntu/dists/precise/Release Unable to find expected entry 'main./source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E:Some index failed to download. They have been ignored , or old ones used instead

Then must I uninstall and reinstall Ubuntu One ? (I will try)

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