[GTALUG] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10

[Tim Tisdall]

I had this exact issue a short while ago.  The issue is that Ubuntu no
longer has any of the packages for 12.10 live so apt fails to find the
files it needs to do a dist. upgrade.  I used the following post to get
around this issue:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release/91821#91821

There's more information here too:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/



On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Chris Aitken <chris at chrisaitken.net>
wrote:

>  <snip>
>
>
>  The problem is that you´re using a very old version of Flash. In fact,
> you´re using very old version of everything, as far as I can see.
>
>  Ubuntu 12.10 - means you´re using Ubuntu from October 2012.
>  Firefox 29 - the one I´m using is 34.
>
>  Well, I think you should really think about updating your Ubuntu, so
> you´ll also have all the other softwares updated, since you´re using old
> repositories, with old versions of software.
>
>
> OK. I'm going to upgrade. Is there an easy GUI method? System Tools >
> Admin > Software Updater gave me ...
>
> Failed to download repository information.
>
> Chris
>
>
> I found some easy commands at an Ubuntu site...
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> sudo do-release-upgrade
> That gave me ...
>
> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get update
> [sudo] password for chris:
> Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
> Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports Release.gpg
>
> [...]
>
> Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_CA
> Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
> Err http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources
>   404  Not Found
> Err http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main i386 Packages
>   404  Not Found
> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en_CA
>
> [...]
>
> Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Translation-en
> Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Sources
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
> Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Sources
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
> Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_CA
> Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/universe Sources
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
> Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
> Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com quantal/multiverse Sources
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
>
> [...]
>
> Err http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
> Err http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/multiverse i386 Packages
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]
> W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
>
> W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
>
> [...]
>
> W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
>
> W: Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
>
> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
> For upgrade information, please visit:http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife
>
> Err Upgrade tool signature
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
> Err Upgrade tool
>   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80]
> Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)
> WARNING:root:file 'raring.tar.gz.gpg' missing
> Failed to fetch
> Fetching the upgrade failed. There may be a network problem.
> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$ ^C
> chris at owner-HP-Compaq-dc5750-Small-Form-Factor:~$
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