{"id":218,"date":"2011-11-23T21:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T21:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=218"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:21:07","slug":"update-an-old-ubuntu-404-not-found-err-httpus-archive-ubuntu-com-failed-to-fetch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Update an old Ubuntu: 404 Not Found; Err http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com; Failed to fetch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I stumbled into a weird problem. My Ubuntu server 9.04 couldn’t update anymore<\/strong>. My \/etc\/apt\/sources.list looked like this:<\/p>\n

  deb-src http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\/ jaunty main restricted universe multiverse<\/p>\n

Running apt-get update<\/strong> gave all sorts of problems<\/strong> as it couldn’t find repository servers anymore:<\/p>\n

  $ sudo apt-get update
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/main Packages
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/universe Packages
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/main Packages
  Ign http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/universe Packages
  Err http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/main Packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.180 80]
  Err http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty\/universe Packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.180 80]
  W: Failed to fetch http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\/dists\/jaunty\/main\/binary-i386\/Packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.180 80]<\/p>\n

  W: Failed to fetch http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu\/dists\/jaunty\/universe\/binary-i386\/Packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.180 80]<\/p>\n

  E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. <\/p>\n

To upgrade a really old Ubuntu<\/strong> release, we first need to edit our sources.list and change<\/strong> all (xx.)archive.ubuntu.com<\/strong> to old-releases.ubuntu.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

   $ sudo emacs \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/p>\n

So your lines should<\/strong> instead of <\/p>\n

   deb http:\/\/archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe<\/p>\n

look like<\/strong> <\/p>\n

   deb http:\/\/old-releases.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe<\/p>\n

In this example I use jaunty<\/strong> release. But it works <\/strong>the same on other releases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now update the repos<\/p>\n

   $ sudo apt-get update<\/p>\n

Install update-manager-core<\/strong> if it is not yet installed:<\/p>\n

   $ sudo apt-get install update-manager-core<\/p>\n

And now upgrade the system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

   $ sudo do-release-upgrade<\/p>\n

Note that you can just upgrade to the next release<\/strong> (in my example from 9.04 to 9.10 or from LTS 8.04 to 10.04).<\/p>\n

Also note that if upgrading over the ssh<\/strong> session it is advised to run the upgrade in the screen<\/strong>. If the ssh session drops, the upgrade will continue to run. Install screen first (if not yet installed)<\/p>\n

   $ sudo apt-get install screen<\/p>\n

Now run screen<\/strong><\/p>\n

   $ screen<\/p>\n

And upgrade<\/strong> with <\/p>\n

   $ sudo do-release-upgrade<\/p>\n

How to work with the screen is beyond this post. <\/p>\n

EDIT 14. 9. 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Dmitry has mentioned in the comments, security packages should also be replaced with old-releases. So:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

security.ubuntu…. <\/strong>should be changed to old-releases.ubuntu….<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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