[SOLVED] Repo Mirror fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu unreachable

[jbrenner]

Cannot update/reinstall python because that mirror is down.

How do I replace fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu with another mirror?

Included output from 'inxi -Sr' and 'sudo apt-get update'

jerry@jerry-OptiPlex-7010:~$ inxi -Sr
System: Host: jerry-OptiPlex-7010 Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9
Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-bionic.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-bionic.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu bionic main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint-packages tara main upstream import backport
deb http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-source-repositories.list
deb-src http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint-packages tara main upstream import backport
deb-src http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam

jerry@jerry-OptiPlex-7010:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:2 http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint-packages tara InRelease
Hit:3 http://repo.steampowered.com/steam precise InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint-packages tara Release
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:9 http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Could not connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:80 (157.182.3.79), connection timed out
Err:10 http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Unable to connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:http:
Err:11 http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mirror/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Unable to connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:http:
Fetched 83.2 kB in 30s (2,744 B/s)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/cnf-update-db", line 8, in <module>
from CommandNotFound.db.creator import DbCreator
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/db/creator.py", line 11, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ImportError: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: symbol _ZN9pkgSystem9LockInnerEv version APTPKG_5.0 not defined in file libapt-pkg.so.5.0 with link time reference
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 63, in apport_excepthook
from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
from apport.report import Report
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 30, in <module>
import apport.fileutils
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/fileutils.py", line 23, in <module>
from apport.packaging_impl import impl as packaging
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 24, in <module>
import apt
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ImportError: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: symbol _ZN9pkgSystem9LockInnerEv version APTPKG_5.0 not defined in file libapt-pkg.so.5.0 with link time reference

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/cnf-update-db", line 8, in <module>
from CommandNotFound.db.creator import DbCreator
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/db/creator.py", line 11, in <module>
import apt_pkg
ImportError: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: symbol _ZN9pkgSystem9LockInnerEv version APTPKG_5.0 not defined in file libapt-pkg.so.5.0 with link time reference
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mir ... /InRelease Could not connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:80 (157.182.3.79), connection timed out
W: Failed to fetch http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mir ... /InRelease Unable to connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:http:
W: Failed to fetch http://fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu/mir ... /InRelease Unable to connect to fireball-public.phys.wvu.edu:http:
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/lib/command-not-found/ -a -e /usr/lib/cnf-update-db; then /usr/lib/cnf-update-db > /dev/null; fi'
E: Sub-process returned an error code

[deepakdeshp]

Go to software manager --software sources. Please choose the source which gives highest download speed

[jbrenner]

Software manager will not run because python is broken and the repo mirror for python is on fireball. How do I find another mirror via keyboard?

[jbrenner]

I fixed this by going back two weekly Timeshift backups. Then editing the package and source repositories lists to return to defaults.