I am trying to copy some files from a disused Ubuntu 8.10 system.
To do that I need to install nfs, portmap, etc., since those are not already installed.
So I open Synaptic to install the packages. It figures the dependencies and lists the needed packages. I click 'Apply' and get a warning that the sources cannot be authenticated. I click 'Apply' anyway and get an error message like:
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/main/pool/p/portmap/portmap_6.0-6ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.167 80]
Where is there a repository for the most recent 8.10 packages?
Thanks for your detailed answer.
I used vi instead of sed, and just replaced each occurrence of 'us.archive' with 'old-releases' using: :g/us.archive/s//old-releases/g
I believe that that is equivalent although my sed skills are a little rusty.
First I simply replaced the 'archives' without getting rid of 'us.' and got the same 404 errors as before, so that part is important.
It seems to be working so far!
I did get some errors like:
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.166 80]
when I clicked 'Reload' in Synaptic. Should I do something about that?
The repositories for v8.10 of ubuntu have been moved. There are repositories available at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com
The reason for this is that it is now out of support and no longer receiving updates and security patches.
I would urge you to consider a supported distribution such as 10.04 or later. If your computer is too old in terms of memory or processor then you should consider a distribution such as Lubuntu or Xubuntu.
If you want to continue using 8.10 then using your favourite text edit, edit
/etc/apt/sources.list
Look for the text
archive.ubuntu.com
. It will look like, for example,us.archive.ubuntu.com
Replace
us.archive.ubuntu.com
withold-releases.ubuntu.com
Similarly - if you have text, for example,
security.ubuntu.com
then replace this withold-releases.ubuntu.com
You can do this with
sed
then update with