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Running on 13.10 and trying to make a release upgrade but getting this:

W:Failed to fetch 
http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release Unable to find 
expected entry 'main/binary-ia386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong 
sources.list entry or malformed file) 
, W:Failed to fetch 
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release Unable to 
find expected entry 'partner/binary-ia386/Packages' in Release file 
(Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) 
, W:Failed to fetch 
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-security/Release 
Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-ia386/Packages' in Release 
file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) 
, W:Failed to fetch 
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release Unable to 
find expected entry 'main/binary-ia386/Packages' in Release file 
(Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) 

Any hints how to resolve it ?

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    binary-ia386? There is no such architecture. Did you do something odd to your system? Try grep -rH ia386 /etc
    – bain
    May 8, 2014 at 18:28
  • there is ia but I don't know why it doesn't show up.
    – halfred
    May 8, 2014 at 18:36
  • Did the grep turn up anything? What is the output of dpkg --print-architecture?
    – bain
    May 8, 2014 at 18:40
  • it shows up as i386 but why is it when do-release-upgrade changed to ia386 ?
    – halfred
    May 8, 2014 at 18:44
  • And the grep command?
    – bain
    May 8, 2014 at 18:45

1 Answer 1

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Try using these commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Or change your server in system preferences > software & updates and then choose "download from:".

check if your updates are checked in updates tab (in software & updates) and check: Important security updates, Recommended updates and unsupported updates (check Pre-release updates if you want).

If there's a problem, post it.

Hope this helps!

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  • Thanks for hint, but I still doesn't work because of the same error. ` ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/dists/saucy/Release Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-ia386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) ` I have tried to change servers - doesn't work. Tried to change nameservers in resolv.conf - no success.
    – halfred
    May 8, 2014 at 18:10
  • Maybe in your proxy settings?
    – user278630
    May 8, 2014 at 18:13
  • Maybe this site can help you: askubuntu.com/questions/298177/…
    – user278630
    May 8, 2014 at 18:16
  • The error in the comment is different. BTW, it is highly advisable to purge all PPAs before doing an upgrade.
    – Rmano
    May 8, 2014 at 18:18
  • Couldn't it be because on the repo my architecture is missing ? Architectures: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc
    – halfred
    May 8, 2014 at 18:26

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