Why am I not able to update ubuntu?

Question

Not able to update ubuntu even after cleaning with update and upgrade commands and henceforth not able to install softwares. When I try I get the error

W: Failed to fetch ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/i18n/…  
   Unable to connect to ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com:http:

You need to add more detail to this post, as it stands there is nothing on it that allows us to help you with. This is no question, its just a statement. — Bruno Pereira, Jan 10 '13 at 21:27
What happens when when you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade using a terminal? Can you edit your question with any errors or other issues that might come up? — Bruno Pereira, Jan 10 '13 at 21:29
possible duplicate of 'Some index files failed to download' while updating — Anwar, Jan 11 '13 at 09:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 23:00

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I would try to change the ubuntu mirror from where you're trying to download updates.

Open Software Sources and in the Ubuntu Software tab change the download from server to another one.

then try updating again.

answered Jan 10 '13 at 23:00

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 21:28

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Try this:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::No-Cache=True
sudo apt-get clean

answered Jan 10 '13 at 21:28

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W: Failed to fetch http://ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to ubuntuarchive.hnsdc.com:http: – Sandeep Chava Jan 10 '13 at 21:45
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@SandeepChava please in the future write additional info into the question (like I did just now for you :-)) – guntbert Jan 10 '13 at 21:54
this is the error message – Sandeep Chava Jan 10 '13 at 22:02

Why am I not able to update ubuntu?

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