Docker Repository Does Not Have a Release File on Running apt-get update on Ubuntu

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Daniel Eagle picture Daniel Eagle · Dec 14, 2016 · Viewed 109.6k times · Source

I am using Ubuntu 16.10 and recently installed Docker (v1.12.4) using the Xenial build by following the instructions found here. I haven't encountered any problems creating containers, ensuring they restart automatically, etc.

However, now every time I run apt-get update I receive the following error message:

W: The repository 'https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo/dists/ubuntu-xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I have tried to remedy the problem by following the advice found here and cannot seem to solve this problem.

Has anyone encountered this before and fixed it? If so, what is needed to resolve this?

Answer

Salami picture Salami · Apr 26, 2017

On Linux Mint, the official instructions did not work for me. I had to go into /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list and change serena to xenial.

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