I am aware of Error Upgrading ubuntu-advantage-tools and the corresponding bug. I checked and made sure that the latest patch provided by Richard Harding is present on my machine. I also installed cloud-id (which was not installed earlier) and still the same problem. which is:
sudo apt upgrade --fix-missing
[sudo] password for mbajpai:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libgs9-common
The following packages will be upgraded:
libfprint-2-2 ubuntu-advantage-tools
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,065 kB of archives.
After this operation, 94.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Err:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 ubuntu-advantage-tools amd64 27.4.2~20.04.1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
Err:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 libfprint-2-2 amd64 1:1.90.2+tod1-0ubuntu1~20.04.5
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/ubuntu-advantage-tools/ubuntu-advantage-tools_27.4.2~20.04.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libf/libfprint/libfprint-2-2_1.90.2+tod1-0ubuntu1~20.04.5_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
Before this, I ran:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/ubuntu18.04/amd64 InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:3 https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-container-runtime/stable/ubuntu18.04/amd64 InRelease [1,481 B]
Get:4 https://nvidia.github.io/nvidia-docker/ubuntu18.04/amd64 InRelease [1,474 B]
Hit:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Fetched 2,955 B in 2s (1,375 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
10 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
I guess I can remove libfprint-2-2 but ubuntu-advantage-tools seems more fundamental. Please advise.
Edit: additional info as asked:
sudo apt -f install
[sudo] password for ****:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 53 not upgraded.
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180725)]/ bionic main restricted
See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
'partner' repository.
This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
