If you are STILL using UBUNTU 9.10 [Karmic Koala], in which updates are not supported anymore, & It will refuse to Update / install any new app using apt-get, BUT you can still use it by adding following repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list
Remove all older lines and add the following lines in /etc/apt/sources.list using nano or gedit whatever you like.
For Ubuntu Ver 9 Karmic koala
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
After changing the sources list, first update apt.
apt-get update
then try installing any package , for example.
atp-get install openssh-server
It should work fine.
UPGRADE TO UBUNTU VER 10.4 (CODENAME: LUCID LYNX)
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 10.04.3 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20110719.2)]/ lucid main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-old-releases multiverse
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Comment by thebad — December 3, 2011 @ 10:12 AM
I tried yours and I got the errors below. My internet connection works fine. Help me please.
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Release.gpg Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Release.gpg Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz Cannot initiate the connection to 8080:80 (0.0.31.144). – connect (22: Invalid argument)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Thanks in advance.
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Comment by jumpith — December 13, 2011 @ 7:49 AM
After changing the sources list, first update apt.
# apt-get update
then try installing any package , for example.
atp-get install openssh-server
It should work fine.
Karmic Koala support have been Ended since long, So its better to upgrade to ubuntu 10.4
Its really easy to Upgrade using UPDATE MANAGER,
Just follow my Guide, I have updated it as well regarding ‘update procedure’.
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Comment by Pinochio~:) — December 13, 2011 @ 10:49 AM
It works now. Thank you so much.
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Comment by jumpith — December 15, 2011 @ 7:11 AM
Thanks – Helped me out.
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Comment by Paul — December 17, 2011 @ 12:42 AM
thanks a lot …for sharing this info
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Comment by sivahere — December 27, 2011 @ 8:03 AM
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Pingback by Lella: Ubuntu il mio incubo!!! - Pagina 5 — February 5, 2012 @ 12:32 AM
Thanks for this. Real easy piece of work. I’ve been having difficulties with apt-get and updates on my old karmic koala system for quite some time now. Replacing the sources lines was obviously what was needed. Gosh, it feels like 9.10 was just released, and it’s already reached end of support. Time really moves, heh.
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Comment by Carl, Sweden — February 12, 2012 @ 4:22 PM
Ubuntu ver 9.10 is outdated and its support is ended.
But still I have found it working where newer version have failed to perform.
🙂
Cheers
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — February 13, 2012 @ 11:18 AM
Thank you for your help.
I wish i found your page the first time.
Harry
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Comment by Harry Coetsee — February 17, 2012 @ 1:28 PM
thanks, this helped 🙂
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Comment by thushan — February 25, 2012 @ 9:08 PM
Hey Syed,
I’m forced to use 9.10 since my old computer had problems with 10.10. I used it for a bit and now I can’t do may processes since the version is not supported. I tried to change the software sources as you recommended but they didn’t work. I get this type of message
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.179 80]
is there any changes to the sources ip that you provided? can you tell me how can i fix this problem?
thanks
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Comment by zeyad — March 1, 2012 @ 11:59 AM
After changing sources, did you issue command
apt-get update
Then you can install apps using apt-get for example
apt-get install openssh-server
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 1, 2012 @ 3:51 PM
I did that and it didn’t work. I don’t know why. I’ll check the error and post it again
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Comment by zeyad — March 1, 2012 @ 7:56 PM
the message that i get is
Suggested packages:
rssh molly-guard openssh-blacklist openssh-blacklist-extra
The following NEW packages will be installed:
openssh-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/286kB of archives.
After this operation, 766kB of additional disk space will be used.
Media change: please insert the disc labeled
‘Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ – Release i386 (20091027)’
in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter
Media change: please insert the disc labeled
‘Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ – Release i386 (20091027)’
I tired putting ubuntu 9.10 and it didn’t work.
I would appreciate any suggestion that will help me fix the problem
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Comment by zeyad — March 2, 2012 @ 5:54 AM
To Zeyad:
Make sure you have removed previous sources entries before pasting sources posted in this guide.
Also its much better if you upgrade to lucid linux , i mean ubuntu 10.4 , I have shows the easiest way of howto upgrade using Ubuntu GUI,
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 2, 2012 @ 8:39 AM
Sir i have a devkit800 ie beagle board clone and installed 9.10 ubuntu on it.I got the terminal but unable to install any package.I also got internet on the board.
I used ur source list but still getting these errors
root@beagleboard:/etc/apt# apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://old-releases.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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Comment by Mihir Shah — March 2, 2012 @ 1:05 AM
Make sure you have removed previous sources entries before pasting sources posted in this guide.
Also its much better if you upgrade to lucid linux , i mean ubuntu 10.4 , I have shows the easiest way of howto upgrade using Ubuntu GUI,
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 2, 2012 @ 8:38 AM
yes sir i have commented out the previous entries….
but sir even to upgrade i should need a gui…i just have the console on my beagle board
thanks..
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Comment by Mihir Shah — March 3, 2012 @ 9:40 PM
hi i had recently upgraded the karmic kola into lucid lynx and i got is just black screen i can install all the item using apt-get but i cannot get the gui desktop running i tried to install desktop from apt get also but it dont work and i tried to change grub file content to manage intel graphics but i cannot access to gedit so i use vim and i cannot save it so please tell me how to get the desktop and gui to use internet and other things
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Comment by Bibek Luitel — March 19, 2012 @ 4:43 PM
If you have installed server edition, then the default boot method is TEXT base.
you can install GUI by using
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
(It may take long time to install the desktop, so be patience)
Also see the below link
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gui-in-ubuntu-server.html
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 20, 2012 @ 2:16 PM
use this command:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
its better than vim
nd btw if u want a gnome desktop, why not use the desktop edition…
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Comment by Akhil Lad — June 21, 2012 @ 9:00 AM
How can I edit the sources.list file without a GUI? I have karmic installed on my Droid phone so I am limited to command line commands until I can get openssh-server installed so I can remote into a GUI!
I tried gedit but I get this:
root@localhost:/etc/apt# gedit sources.list
gedit sources.list
(gedit:13492): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
root@localhost:/etc/apt#
I don’t know much about command line anything, I just follow the steps on guides for the most part, all i can do is navigate!
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Comment by Brian — March 25, 2012 @ 8:11 AM
you can use NANO , which is a text base editor and a very simple one too, my favourite one.
Excample:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
some shortcuts for nano:
ctrl + o (save)
ctrl + x (exit)
ctrl + k (cut current line)
ctrl + 6 (mark selection( and same for unmark or finish,
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 25, 2012 @ 4:46 PM
cant get nano either for the same reason i cant get openssh-server, the karmic source is dead…. and in german hahaha
root@localhost:/# apt-get install nano
apt-get install nano
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein… Fertig
Die folgenden Pakete wurden automatisch insta
├╢tigt:
libbeagle1 python-dev python-nautilus pytho
Verwenden Sie »apt-get autoremove«, um sie
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
spell
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert
nano
0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfe
Es m├╝ssen 298kB an Archiven heruntergeladen
Nach dieser Operation werden 1.757kB Plattenp
WARNUNG: Die folgenden Pakete k├╢nnen nicht a
nano
Diese Pakete ohne Überprüfung installieren
j
Fehl http://ports.ubuntu.com karmic/main nano
404 Not Found
Konnte http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/p
deb nicht holen 404 Not Found
E: Konnte einige Archive nicht herunterladen;
├╝hren oder mit ┬╗–fix-missing┬½ probieren?
root@localhost:/#
Looks for karmic again for that program… think I’m officially stuck?
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Comment by Brian — March 25, 2012 @ 7:40 PM
nano is available via default installation of ubuntu. You don’t have to INSTALL it. just run
nano
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 26, 2012 @ 8:48 AM
fixed it with the use of “vi” editing (what a pain in the ASS that was hahahaha)
Basically I did an apt-update, then deleted the etc/apt/sources.list (after making a backup) with remove, then made one using touch, then used vi to pain in the ass mode type in all the lines in the above link and saved that, ran apt-update again, then it installe ssh and tightvnc without a hitch, then i could get to the gnome gui and adjust to 24 color bit to finish off!
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Comment by Brian — March 26, 2012 @ 1:25 AM
I can imagine. VI is really a PIA 🙂 Never liked it
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — March 26, 2012 @ 8:49 AM
even worse considering the text got all screwing using VI through adp terminal on the computer, I had to use the droid terminal emulator on a touch keyboard with my thumbs!!
🙂
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Comment by Brian — March 27, 2012 @ 1:53 AM
hello sir can you plz tell me how to install google chrome in ubuntu 9.10 .while installing it gives a error message Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libasound2 (>> 1.0.22)
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Comment by asif — April 13, 2012 @ 3:16 PM
I have not used google chrome on ubuntu 9.10 , better to search Google for solution.
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — April 14, 2012 @ 8:01 PM
HI, I’ve been fighting for days and googling and without your help, it wouldn’t be impossible to install anything into my IGEP board. I just wanna to say thanks, REALLY THANKS! this was incredible helpful for me.
Please, don’t give up sharing your knowledge!!!
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Comment by Victor — May 20, 2012 @ 1:46 AM
Thanks a big bunch, I have been trying to get openssh-server installed on this box since last week, It is installed now, fphew!
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Comment by skybinary — June 11, 2012 @ 2:31 PM
I am glad it helped you 🙂
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — June 12, 2012 @ 8:50 AM
Hello Syed,
I did a series of upgrades over the past month starting from 9.04 (Karmic Koala) to 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) to 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) to 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) to 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). I wanted to find a money managment program that would read Quicken files (QIF), so in 11.10, I installed KMyMoney. However, I have not been able to figure out how to import the Quicken file from a flash drive
I am running Windows Vista as a dual boot system, but have not been able to access Quicken as Vista keeps freezing the screen. Now that I have found KMyMoney, I want to go back to 9.04 or 10.04, each of which boot up very rapidly, unlike 12.04, plus I don’t like how the unity bar works compared to the screen in 9.04 or 10.04. I would like to have a very streamlined system for web access, video/DVD watching, and KMyMoney.
Is there a way i can just reinstall 9.04 or 10.04 to completely remove/replace 12.04, but still keep KMyMoney? Even though I got through each of the upgrades from 9.04 forward (several hours each upgrade, whew), I really don’t understand basic computer language, and just followed the onscreen prompts to do the updgrades.
Thanks for your Ubuntu help blog.
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Comment by Frank — September 19, 2012 @ 8:21 PM
No thanks , the terminal returned with ‘permission denied’
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Comment by shaju — November 16, 2012 @ 1:32 PM
change to root user by using su command or issue command with sudo
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Comment by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:) — November 18, 2012 @ 3:42 PM
Again I wish to add , that many of the problems that users like me face, is from the infight between gnome & kde enviornments. i am not an expert or tech wizard, but from my experience , many a problem with ubuntu is generated from the the hidden intersts of people behind gnome & kde. As I am understood kde is more userfriendly and strong , the axes behind is strange. There need to be a compromise rather putting users to difficulty. By any means an ubuntu 9.1 scrap and old machine is enough for any beginer or user.
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Comment by shaju — November 18, 2012 @ 5:35 PM
But it works now. When i reported earlier it was not working. Thanks for your quiry.
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Comment by shaju — November 17, 2012 @ 8:34 AM
Hello Syed, Thank you for posting this workaround! I am having an issue to get aptitude to update after I have updated sources.list with the new updated values. I have removed all previous entries via gedit and entered only the ones in your list but i am still getting 404 errors… it seems to be calling upon old values which are definitely no longer in the sources file… here is the error, do you have any thoughts?
root@Ubuntu:~/Desktop# sudo apt-get update
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Release.gpg
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Release
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Packages
Hit http://www.geekconnection.org karmic/ Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
if you have any ideas, thank you!
-Jen
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Comment by Jen — November 24, 2012 @ 3:23 AM
@Syed nevermind, lol for some reason the change wasn’t staying, after a restart and saving to both sources.list and sources.list.save it works. thank you again! 🙂
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Comment by Jen — November 24, 2012 @ 3:35 AM
Hello sir, I did copy those lines in sources.list with gedit, and it tells me that the update server is busy and can’t find the dist-upgrade. In the terminal when I do sudo apt-get dist-upgrade it tells me that my system is up to date. What should I do?
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Comment by Kankwan — February 23, 2013 @ 12:37 PM
Thanks a lot! I just can’t upgrade my linux (version issues with previous software) and this solved my problem! Nice piece of inormation
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