Error in installing wget

[Nils Kassube]

Rashkae wrote:
> On 06/10/2012 02:24 PM, Harsha Natarajan wrote:
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main wget 1.11.4-2ubuntu1
> > 
> >   404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.179 80]
> 
> Jaunty has been out of support for a few years, and the packages are
> no longer kept on the Ubuntu mirrors.  Even the upgrade path
> (Karmic), is now gone, so you will have to do a complete new
> install. Unless you know someone who kept their own archive mirror
> of older Ubuntu repositories they could copy to you.
> 
> Keep in mind that Ubuntu releases have a firm expiration date, and if
> you really intend to keep one going for years without updating, you
> need to stay with the LTS releases, (or keep your own mirror of the
> repos)

There is the old-releases server and from there you could in theory 
upgrade as well. But Jaunty would mean ->Karmix->Lucid->Precise and that 
is rather time consuming and I wouldn't try it. But for installing 
individual packages it shouldn't be a problem if it is more urgent than 
installing a supported release. To change to the old-releases server, 
change the file /etc/apt/sources.list and replace "archive.ubuntu.com" 
with "old-releases.ubuntu.com" and try again.


Nils