<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/01/22 01:39, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stefanor@ubuntu.com">stefanor@ubuntu.com</a> wrote: </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:20220111003937.v7x4pbagnwe5ferd@satie.tumbleweed.org.za"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi Jeffrey (2022.01.11_00:25:50_+0000) </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I want to install a Ubuntu Server from that era. Hardy/8.04 was contemporary around that time. I found the ISO at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/">https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/</a>. I doubt there are any Hardy mirrors out there nowadays. </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""> There is at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/">http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Apt wants to update its index files which is pointless for this setup. It results in an error that stops subsequent install operations. My question is, how do I get 'apt-get install' to work in this case? </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""> Update your APT sources to point at old-releases.ubuntu.com, then you can apt install anything you want. On less ancient releases you may need to also tell apt to disable Check-Valid-Until. SR </pre> </blockquote> Obviously, when the repositories are not found, the system itself should point them to old-releases.ubuntu.com automatically to save many "that Ubuntu doesn't work" shouting and discussions like this. Furthermore, Ubuntu should implement a local repository. It's a real pain that application software releases have to match the system's one. An Ubuntu user was amazed that old Windows applications still run in a DOS emulator. When installing 20.04, my nice Radioplayer disappeared almost silently. It was a matter of one dependency having been removed. I picked it in the previous release, put it in my local repository and the clamor turned to "Ubuntu works again". A+ </body> </html>