apt-get update

[Donny George]

hey ray

i dont know why the update goes to dapper though my version is hardy and all
i put is the apt-get update command

but i will soon compare the sources.lst file

thanks

don


On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm not real sure why those urls are returning an error, but I do note
> that you are trying to update Hardy from the Dapper repositories. Why?
> That wouldn't really be an update from the repository for the older
> version of Ubuntu.
>
> I can't for the life of me remember where the software sources file
> resides or it's name. I just tried the Software Sources program on the
> System menu, but it's not showing me the repository urls, which is what
> I was going to paste in here for you.
>
> Ok, I found it! It is located in /etc/apt/sources.lst and here is what
> the contents should look like for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy.
>
> *start of file*
> # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy
> main restricted
> # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
> # newer versions of the distribution.
>
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> ## security team.
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
> # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main
> restricted universe multiverse
> # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main
> restricted universe multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
> ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
> ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
> ## users.
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
>
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
> deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free
> *end of file*
>
> Put that into your sources.lst file and you will be able to get updates
> that apply to Hardy instead of Dapper.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> Donny George wrote:
> > hello
> >
> > when i try to apt-get update the ubuntu 8.04 it returns an error
> >
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/> dapper
> > Release.gpg
> > 404 Not found [IP: 195.248.90.54 <http://195.248.90.54> 80]
> > Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/> dapper
> Release
> > Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/> dapper/main
> > Packages
> > Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/>
> > dapper/restricted Packages
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/> dapper/main
> > Packages
> > 404 Not found [IP: 195.248.90.54 <http://195.248.90.54> 80]
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com <http://archive.ubuntu.com/>
> > dapper/restricted Packages
> > 404 Not found [IP: 195.248.90.54 <http://195.248.90.54> 80]
> >
> > can someone help me with this
> >
> >
> > don
> >
>
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