ERROR while executing sudo apt-get update in Ubuntu version 15.10

Below are the errors given

Get:4 ||http://ppa.launchpad.net wily/main Translation-en [14 B]
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security Release
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted amd64 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe amd64 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse amd64 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main i386 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted i386 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe i386 Packages
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Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse i386 Packages
400 Bad Request [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en_IN
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Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN
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Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
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404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
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404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en_IN
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Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse i386 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign ||http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 15.5 kB in 1min 50s (140 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 400 Bad Request [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

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W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch ||http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

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

What solutions I tried

I googled alot and followed several instructions but none seems to work for me. Also, I tried to change server in softwares and update but no help.

I’m sorry but I started using Ubuntu today itself and I am not allowed to put more than two links, so before every link I have added ‘||’. I am completely unaware of community rules. Forgive me if I violate any rule.

Please help.

This site isn’t for technical support, sorry.

Please see our Finding Help page.

Hint: Make sure you emphasize that you are using Ubuntu 15.10. That’s the important bit.

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