Can't seem to update my droplet

Heya @info72233eaecf28f33c3f0393d7ab,

The error message “The repository does not have a release file” typically indicates that the repository you are trying to access does not have a version compatible with your current Ubuntu release.

In such cases, I like to do a

do-release-upgrade

Alternatively, you can change the source packages to archive.

# backup your sources file
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

# replace the links with the archive address
sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

But that is a short-term solution.

You can temporarily change your mirror to the official Ubuntu mirror. To do this, create a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-ubuntu-mirror.list

Add the following line to use the official Ubuntu mirror:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse

Save the file and exit the text editor.

The package is available here:

https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/ubuntu-advantage-tools/ubuntu-advantage-tools_28.1~22.10_amd64.deb

This should sort the error for you.

After making these changes, run apt update again:

sudo apt update

Hope that this helps!