"Something wicked happened" error in apt-get [duplicate]
Everytime I try to install through terminal I get this" I am not able to install or update and I can't find working answer for this here. Here is my apt-get update result:
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Err http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Err http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error) Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg Err http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg [933 B] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed Release.gpg [933 B] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg [933 B] Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release [40.8 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security Release [40.8 kB] Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release Ign http://dl.google.com stable Release Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed Release [40.8 kB] Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Sources/DiffIndex Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Sources [24.7 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Sources [4,802 B] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Sources [690 B] Hit https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages [67.9 kB] Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages [19.2 kB] Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,403 B] Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/universe i386 Packages [18.0 kB] Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/main i386 Packages [29.9 kB] Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages [14 B] Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/universe Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en_US Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Sources Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Sources [37.0 kB] Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Sources [14 B] Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Sources [49.8 kB] Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Sources [690 B] Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages [93.5 kB] Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages [14 B] Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages [94.2 kB] Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [1,403 B] Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-proposed/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports/universe Translation-en_US Err http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Err http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Err http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Err http://extras.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) Fetched 568 kB in 8min 0s (1,181 B/s) W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring-updates/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/i18n/Translation-en Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/source/Sources Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happened resolving 'extras.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error) E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Solution 1:
Close all programs/windows which have to do with installing software e.g. Synaptic, software-centre and terminals.
Now you should delete the locked files:
You can delete the lock file with
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
you may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
by: this answer
and now you should open a terminal and run:
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
and now you can install everything you want again.
Solution referred from
Solution 2:
It could be the case that you are connecting to the Internet via a proxy so you should set up the proxies for apt-get
by doing the following:
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create a folder in
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
$ sudo leafpad /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95proxies
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In side the opened file paste the following:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://yourProxyIP:8080/"; Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://yourProxyIP:8080/"; Acquire::https::proxy "https://yourProxyIP:8080/";
Make sure to change yourProxyIP with a correct proxy IP.
Save the file by hitting Ctrl+S Then run:
sudo apt-get update.
see: How do I set systemwide proxy servers in Xubuntu, Lubuntu or Ubuntu Studio?