Public bug reported: I got this error repeatedly:
$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages will be upgraded: dpkg 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2174kB of archives. After unpacking 61.4kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y Writing extended state information... Done Err http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main dpkg 1.14.5ubuntu13 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.8 80] E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu13_i386.deb: 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.189.89.8 80] Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done I tried opening the URL, it only returns: <html><head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head><body> <h1>Forbidden</h1> <p>You don't have permission to access /ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.14.5ubuntu13_i386.deb on this server.</p> </body></html> ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- access denied on archive server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140744 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs