'Update Information Is Outdated' after running bleachbit

Question

Yesterday I ran on 14.04 bleachbit with almost all options except for memory, (and now I understand it's not the most correct way of using bleachbit), and the program ended when I interrupted through command line in the end.

Now, when I open software-updater, it loads the software list but then warns me with "failed to download repository information, check your internet connection", yet after I've clicked on settings and closed again without doing anything, the updater could actually continue normally, either telling me everything is up to date or downloading/installing the updates.

Meanwhile, I also get error notification regularly, telling me "update information is outdated" and that I need to click on show updates, which goes back to the software-updater.

I believe there haven't been still many other "harms" done to the system that I just haven't discovered yet (e.g. find also has become slow, although I guess it's because the cached files were gone). What I can do about it to minimize the damage?

Thanks in advance!

The output of sudo apt-get update is: (I replace http and https into ' ' and 's ')

Ign  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:1  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65,9 kB]          
Ign  dl.google.com stable InRelease                                      
Ign  extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                  
Hit  dl.google.com stable Release.gpg                                    
Hit  extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                                
Hit  dl.google.com stable Release                                        
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease                    
Hit  dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages                            
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                            
Hit  extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release                           
Get:2  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [262 kB]        
Hit  extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources                             
Hit  extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                      
Get:3  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65,9 kB]
Get:4  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [5.352 B] 
Hit  extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages                         
Get:5  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [150 kB]    
Get:6  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [5.943 B] 
Get:7  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [713 kB] 
Get:8  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [106 kB]         
Get:9  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [15,9 kB]
Get:10  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [339 kB]
Ign  extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US                     
Ign  extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                        
Get:11  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [13,2 kB]
Get:12  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [692 kB] 
Get:13  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [4.035 B] 
Get:14  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [33,3 kB]   
Get:15  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [15,6 kB]
Get:16  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [340 kB]
Get:17  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [2.767 B] 
Get:18  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [13,6 kB]
Get:19  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en [361 kB]
Get:20  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [431 kB] 
Get:21  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en [7.227 B]
Get:22  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en [3.699 B]
Get:23  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en [181 kB]
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources                 
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources           
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources             
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources           
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages          
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages      
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages           
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages       
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en          
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en      
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release                                
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources                     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources                     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources                       
Get:24  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [13,0 kB]
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources                     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages              
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages                
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages              
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages                     
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages               
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages                 
Get:25  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [124 kB]
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages               
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                    
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en              
Get:26  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [4.990 B]
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en              
Hit  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en   
Get:27  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [404 kB]
Ign  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US             
Ign  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US       
Ign  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US        
Ign  de.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US             
Get:28  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [12,7 kB]
Get:29  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [124 kB]
Hit  s packagecloud.io jessie InRelease           
Get:30  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [5.164 B]
Hit  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en   
Hit  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit  s packagecloud.io jessie/main amd64 Packages
Hit  security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit  s packagecloud.io jessie/main i386 Packages
Get:31  s packagecloud.io jessie/main Translation-en_US
Ign  s packagecloud.io jessie/main Translation-en_US
Ign  s packagecloud.io jessie/main Translation-en
Fetched 4.514 kB in 5s (876 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch  dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 18:53

I don't see that BleachBit really damaged your system. The operations that it does are generally safe---unless you need your cache, temporary files, etc. Without better information, it seems the correlation with the error message is a coincidence.

Your next step is troubleshooting the updater, so I suggest in a terminal run sudo apt-get update and read the messages. Is the error for one source or all sources? Do you have custom/third-party sources? Maybe the mirror for one the sources is down.

Also check that your disk partitions are not full.

Finally, make sure you download the latest BleachBit cleaner because Ubuntu repositories often have ancient versions.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '16 at 20:22

The problem you see in the output is that Google Chrome is no longer available for 32 bit architectures. Therefore they removed the repository from their server and you can't update your lists from there again.

To solve the problems, simply remove the list entries from your configuration by deleting the file they're in:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome*

Then also get rid of your outdated Google Chrome browser and install the similar open source browser Chromium.

'Update Information Is Outdated' after running bleachbit

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