apt-get update

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Steven Davies-Morris <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:

> From: Steven Davies-Morris <sdavmor at systemstheory.net>
> Subject: Re: apt-get update
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 12:11 PM
> Steven Davies-Morris wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> > You are trying to online upgrade a Dapper system
> directly to Hardy?
> > 
> > First there's the issue of such a big jump in
> releases being a bad
> > idea. You're bypassing E, F & G. Is that even
> doable?
> > 
> > Second, to do an online upgrade you must be pointing
> to the correct
> > repositories. Your system is still looking for the
> Dapper archives,
> > which have been retired for sometime.
> > 
> > Putting aside the issue of jumping all the way from
> Dapper to Hardy
> > (which I'd be wary of doing even if it can be
> executed), you need to
> > open up (as root) /etc/apt/sources.list and replace
> all occurrences
> > of "dapper" with "hardy". Use your
> favourite editor:
> > 
> > sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> > 
> > Or alternatively use sed, if you're comfortable
> with it:
> > 
> > sudo sed -i "s/dapper/hardy/"
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> > 
> > Either way you go, back up your sources.list before
> changing it. Once
> > done you can:
> > 
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > 
> > Personally I wouldn't make such a huge rev level
> jump, but if you're
> > going to attempt it that's the mechanics of what
> you need to do.
> 
> My bad.  Everywhere I typed /etc/apt/sources.list it should
> have been
> /etc/apt/sources.lst.  No "i".  Sorry.
> -- 
Are you sure about that? It's always been "sources.list" for me all the way back to Debian Woody through Ubuntu Hardy.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

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