Error in installing wget

[Tom H]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 06/10/2012 02:24 PM, Harsha Natarajan wrote:
>>
>>      I am trying to install wget to install GridFTP server, but I am not
>> able to do so as I am encountering the following error....
>>
>> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>>  wget
>> Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
>> Err http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main wget 1.11.4-2ubuntu1
>>  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.179 80]
>> Failed to fetch
>> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wget/wget_1.11.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
>>  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.

If you really don't want to re-install, you can upgrade with apt-get
and old-releases.ubuntu.com.