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Whenever trying to install some programs from source, or specifically running apt update, I receive this message:



E: The repository 'http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian stretch/updates Release' does not have a Release file.

N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.

N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


I started getting this after adding the architecture i386. Without it, I would not be able to install the proprietary Nvidia driver, and Steam client would not start at all.
This is what my /etc/apt/sources.list reads:



deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free



deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free



####stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'



deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free



deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free





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    Whenever trying to install some programs from source, or specifically running apt update, I receive this message:



    E: The repository 'http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian stretch/updates Release' does not have a Release file.
    
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


    I started getting this after adding the architecture i386. Without it, I would not be able to install the proprietary Nvidia driver, and Steam client would not start at all.
    This is what my /etc/apt/sources.list reads:



    deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
    
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
    

    
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
    
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
    

    
####stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
    

    
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
    

    
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free





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      Whenever trying to install some programs from source, or specifically running apt update, I receive this message:



      E: The repository 'http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian stretch/updates Release' does not have a Release file.
      
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
      
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


      I started getting this after adding the architecture i386. Without it, I would not be able to install the proprietary Nvidia driver, and Steam client would not start at all.
      This is what my /etc/apt/sources.list reads:



      deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
      

      
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
      

      
####stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
      

      
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
      

      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free





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      Whenever trying to install some programs from source, or specifically running apt update, I receive this message:



      E: The repository 'http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian stretch/updates Release' does not have a Release file.
      
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
      
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


      I started getting this after adding the architecture i386. Without it, I would not be able to install the proprietary Nvidia driver, and Steam client would not start at all.
      This is what my /etc/apt/sources.list reads:



      deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
      

      
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
      

      
####stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
      

      
deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
      

      
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free





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          You’ve got both stretch-updates and stretch/updates, but the latter doesn’t exist any more (at least on the mirror you’re using). You should remove the references to stretch/updates, or — if you’re expecting the stretch/updates lines to provide security updates — replace them with



          deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free





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          • i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
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            Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
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          Im having the same error but with postgresql this is what i get this when I run apt-get update



          E: The repository 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt kali-rolling-pgdg Release' does not have a Release file.
          
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
          
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


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          You’ve got both stretch-updates and stretch/updates, but the latter doesn’t exist any more (at least on the mirror you’re using). You should remove the references to stretch/updates, or — if you’re expecting the stretch/updates lines to provide security updates — replace them with



          deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free





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          • i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
            – Nick Bailuc
            Jun 19 '17 at 5:37






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            Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
            – Stephen Kitt
            Jun 19 '17 at 6:10

















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          You’ve got both stretch-updates and stretch/updates, but the latter doesn’t exist any more (at least on the mirror you’re using). You should remove the references to stretch/updates, or — if you’re expecting the stretch/updates lines to provide security updates — replace them with



          deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free





          share|improve this answer























          • i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
            – Nick Bailuc
            Jun 19 '17 at 5:37






          • 2




            Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
            – Stephen Kitt
            Jun 19 '17 at 6:10















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          up vote
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          You’ve got both stretch-updates and stretch/updates, but the latter doesn’t exist any more (at least on the mirror you’re using). You should remove the references to stretch/updates, or — if you’re expecting the stretch/updates lines to provide security updates — replace them with



          deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free





          share|improve this answer














          You’ve got both stretch-updates and stretch/updates, but the latter doesn’t exist any more (at least on the mirror you’re using). You should remove the references to stretch/updates, or — if you’re expecting the stretch/updates lines to provide security updates — replace them with



          deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free






          share|improve this answer














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          • i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
            – Nick Bailuc
            Jun 19 '17 at 5:37






          • 2




            Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
            – Stephen Kitt
            Jun 19 '17 at 6:10




















          • i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
            – Nick Bailuc
            Jun 19 '17 at 5:37






          • 2




            Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
            – Stephen Kitt
            Jun 19 '17 at 6:10


















          i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
          – Nick Bailuc
          Jun 19 '17 at 5:37




          i removed it, and it solved the issue, but its odd because in the Software & Sources program, stretch/release (with the slash) refers to the security updates of stretch.
          – Nick Bailuc
          Jun 19 '17 at 5:37




          2




          2




          Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
          – Stephen Kitt
          Jun 19 '17 at 6:10






          Right, but that’s from https://security.debian.org, not your local mirror. (And it’s stretch/updates , not stretch/release; see here for the Release file and the corresponding instructions.)
          – Stephen Kitt
          Jun 19 '17 at 6:10














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          Im having the same error but with postgresql this is what i get this when I run apt-get update



          E: The repository 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt kali-rolling-pgdg Release' does not have a Release file.
          
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
          
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


          what could be the problem






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          Im having the same error but with postgresql this is what i get this when I run apt-get update



          E: The repository 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt kali-rolling-pgdg Release' does not have a Release file.
          
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
          
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


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          Im having the same error but with postgresql this is what i get this when I run apt-get update



          E: The repository 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt kali-rolling-pgdg Release' does not have a Release file.
          
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
          
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


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          Im having the same error but with postgresql this is what i get this when I run apt-get update



          E: The repository 'http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt kali-rolling-pgdg Release' does not have a Release file.
          
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
          
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.


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