Important Security Update Error

[NoOp]

On 07/26/2009 03:09 PM, John Graddy wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 14:36 -0700, Keith wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:03:16 -0500, you wrote:
>> 
>> >I have been out of town for a while, and, when I returned, I had a lot
>> >of system updates waiting for me.  When I tried to install the updates,
>> >one of them (labeled as an "Important Security Update" got the following
>> >error message:
>> >
>> >W: Failed to fetch
>> >http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tiff/libtiff4_3.8.2-11ubuntu0.9.04.1_i386.deb
>> >  404 Not Found
>> >
>> >Is this something that I should worry about?  Unfortunately, the Update
>> >Manager keeps coming back to try to install this failed update.  Can I
>> >stop this from happening?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >John
>> 
>> Open a terminal and type 
>> 
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
>> 
>> on the command line. See if that fixes the missing package.
>> 
>> 
> 
> I did as you suggested.  The output follows:
> 
> W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386
> (20080423)/dists/hardy/main/binary-i386/Packages  Please use apt-cdrom
> to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to
> add new CD-ROMs
> 
> W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386
> (20080423)/dists/hardy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  Please use
> apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot
> be used to add new CD-ROMs
> 
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.
> 
>>From the last line, I assume that all is well.
> 
> Thanks,
> John

Are you using 9.04 (jaunty) or 8.04 (hardy)?
Either way, you can easily remove the CDrom:
System|Administration|Software Sources|Ubuntu Software|Installable from
CD-ROM/DVD|untick. Same if you have anything the 'Third-Party Sofware'
tab with 'Cdrom'.