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I'm constantly getting a error and a warning on the output of apt-get update from yesterday night on my Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit PC.

The significant part of the output of command apt-get update is following:

Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [64.4 kB]
  ...
W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release  
Unable to find expected entry 'restricted/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

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

Also the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list is following:

#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 14.04 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20140417)]/ trusty main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

I experimented with the sources.list file yesterday and after some time reinstalled Ubuntu to 14.04. Even after reinstalling I'm seeing this error.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Update 1

After un-checking Unsupported Updates, in Updates tab in software-properties-gtk, the 1st warning was removed. So now I'm getting only following warning and error:

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'restricted/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

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

Update 2

As suggested by Raphael (see comments), changing the download server in Software and Updates to Best Server solves the problem.

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    By reinstall do you mean that you formated your drive and reinstalled Ubuntu???
    – Raphael
    Jan 15, 2016 at 14:49
  • I had previously installed Ubuntu in 2 partitions: / (root) in /dev/sda2 and /home in /dev/sda4. I formatted the root directory (sda2) and reinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 instead of previous, but kept my /home partition (sda4) and user directory same as before (including user name).
    – nlern
    Jan 15, 2016 at 14:56
  • You only have two /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda4 ?
    – Raphael
    Jan 15, 2016 at 14:57
  • Actually I have 4 partitions. In sda1 I installed Windows, in sda3 I reserved swap space.
    – nlern
    Jan 15, 2016 at 15:02
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    Your sources.list is absolutely fine. Try changing the server to something else by going to Software & Updates > Server > Other > Select Best Server.
    – Raphael
    Jan 15, 2016 at 15:17

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The error may be caused due to server errors. Changing the server tends to solve the issue. To do so, goto:

Software & Updates > Server > Other

and then select the best server

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