Unable to install libgtk2.0-dev - Issue with sudo apt-get update

Question

I am using the following OS version:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release:    18.04
Codename:   bionic

When I run sudo apt-get update, I get the following message:

Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                                                                                                                      
Hit:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                                                                                                        
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Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                         
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Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                            
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]                                                                    
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Hit:11 https://release.memsql.com/production/debian memsql InRelease                                                                                                   
Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                           
Hit:4 https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs/ubuntu bionic InRelease                                                                               
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Err:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe arm64 Packages                         
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
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Err:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
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Err:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
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Fetched 181 kB in 2s (89.4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'etcher/binary-arm64/Packages' as repository 'https://deb.etcher.io stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'arm64'
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/universe/binary-arm64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/universe/binary-arm64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/universe/binary-arm64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

When I try to run the command to install gtk sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-dev I get the following message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  autoconf automake autopoint debhelper dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism gir1.2-gtk-2.0 gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 icu-devtools libarchive-cpio-perl libatk1.0-dev libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev
  libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin libgraphite2-dev libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libice-dev libicu-dev
  libicu-le-hb-dev libicu-le-hb0 libiculx60 libmail-sendmail-perl libpango1.0-dev libpcre16-3 libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libpixman-1-dev libpng-dev libpng-tools libpthread-stubs0-dev libsigsegv2
  libsm-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libx11-dev libx11-doc libxau-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev
  libxft-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev m4 pkg-config po-debconf x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev
  x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g-dev
Suggested packages:
  autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc dh-make dwz libcairo2-doc libglib2.0-doc libgraphite2-utils libgtk2.0-doc libice-doc icu-doc libpango1.0-doc libsm-doc libxcb-doc libxext-doc m4-doc
  libmail-box-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autoconf automake autopoint debhelper dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism gir1.2-gtk-2.0 gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 icu-devtools libarchive-cpio-perl libatk1.0-dev libcairo-script-interpreter2 libcairo2-dev
  libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-dev-bin libgraphite2-dev libgtk2.0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libice-dev
  libicu-dev libicu-le-hb-dev libicu-le-hb0 libiculx60 libmail-sendmail-perl libpango1.0-dev libpcre16-3 libpcre3-dev libpcre32-3 libpcrecpp0v5 libpixman-1-dev libpng-dev libpng-tools libpthread-stubs0-dev
  libsigsegv2 libsm-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libx11-dev libx11-doc libxau-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb1-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev
  libxfixes-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev m4 pkg-config po-debconf x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dev x11proto-fixes-dev
  x11proto-input-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g-dev
0 upgraded, 73 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,487 kB/26.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 120 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Ign:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 libglib2.0-dev-bin amd64 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Ign:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 libglib2.0-dev amd64 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Err:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 libglib2.0-dev-bin amd64 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 libglib2.0-dev amd64 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-dev-bin_2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glib2.0/libglib2.0-dev_2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

For reference, this is my /etc/apt/sources.list file (I recently reset it to see if this is the issue)

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security universe main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe main

Any idea what the issue may be. This is very frustrating.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '20 at 01:36

I searched in my synaptic package manager and i found that i have the version libgtk3.0 there. I have the same repositories than you(i use Lubuntu 18.04, but form another server) so i would suggest you install the 3.0 version(not dev, only 3.0) from the synapic package manager.

Try avoid use apt-get, i formatted the SO nearly 2 o 3 times this month because i installed things via terminal and after i cant remove correctly them.

If you need more help, feel free to ask. Sorry is something dont sound well, im not english native :)

PD: you have libgtk3.0-dev too there. Try install it via synaptic

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 01:47

Looks to me like your problem should be solved by the reset of your sources. Remember to run sudo apt update after changing your sources.

Your original problem was a plain old mismatch between versions. Your system was trying to install a version that the mirror had superseded in the seconds/minutes/hours since your last sudo apt update.

You were trying to install libglib2.0-dev, version 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
The current version in the Ubuntu Repositories is 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.6

The usual solution is to take short break, get a sandwich, then run sudo apt update, and then try the install again.

Unable to install libgtk2.0-dev - Issue with sudo apt-get update

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