How do your apt config folders look like? $ ls -la /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ 00aptitude 01autoremove-kernels 15update-stamp 70debconf 00trustcdrom 01-vendor-ubuntu 20archive 99update-notifier 01autoremove 10periodic 50unattended-upgrades
$ ls -la /etc/apt/preferences.d/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2016 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 6 03:45 .. Do you have special (maybe unwanted) files (for example for pinning) in place? Do you notice a difference if using apt instead of apt-get? sudo apt update apt list --upgradable and then maybe: sudo apt upgrade or: sudo apt full-upgrade Btw. In your sources.list you have lot's of deb-src lines active - in case you don't do development based on the package sources you should consider to disable them (comment out). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753532 Title: apt-get update doesn't get new packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1753532/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs