Celeb Glow
news | March 22, 2026

keep on getting '404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]' error when getting wine repository [duplicate]

I have been trying to download wine through and I keep on getting this error when adding the repository using this command: Sudo add-apt-repository 'deb groovy main' i have tried everything I have found online and nothing has worked.

Logs:

Hit:1 artful InRelease
Hit:2 focal InRelease
Hit:3 focal-updates InRelease
Hit:4 focal InRelease
Hit:5 groovy InRelease
Hit:6 focal-backports InRelease
Hit:7 stable InRelease
Hit:8 stable InRelease
Get:9 focal-security InRelease [109 kB]
Ign:10 stable InRelease
Hit:11 stable Release
Hit:12 focal InRelease
Hit:14 focal InRelease
Ign:15 focal InRelease
Ign:16 focal InRelease
Err:17 focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Err:18 focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository ' focal 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.
E: The repository ' focal 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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1 Answer

You have multiple PPAs that're not supported anymore. Hence the 404s.


WebUpd8Team Java PPA

Err:18 focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]

The WebUpd8Team PPAs are all old and deprecated and do not support Focal. Further, if you are using this to get Sun / Oracle JAVA, the Sun/Oracle licensing has changed in the past two years and you no longer can distribute the Oracle Java flavors due to the licensing change.


Ubuntu WINE PPA

Err:17 focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]

The Ubuntu Wine PPA has not been maintained for at least three dev cycles of Ubuntu now.

Instead, you need to follow the instructions from WineHQ Upstream and use the WineHQ repos to get the latest Wine on your systems. There's no way around this.


See also How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?

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