Question
Ubuntu Server LTS 20.04 Can't update due to repository no longer having a Release file
- Posted on January 23, 2022
- Ubuntu 20.04
Asked by curpha
I can’t run apt update due to the repositories not having Release files anymore, can anyone help fix this please?
root@VPS-1:~# sudo apt update
Ign:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy InRelease
Hit:2 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x groovy InRelease
Ign:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy-security InRelease
Ign:4 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-updates InRelease
Err:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy-security Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign:6 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-backports InRelease
Err:7 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy Release
404 Not Found [IP: 104.21.29.13 80]
Err:8 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-updates Release
404 Not Found [IP: 104.21.29.13 80]
Err:9 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-backports Release
404 Not Found [IP: 104.21.29.13 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy-security Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-updates Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu groovy-backports Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
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The issue seems to be some kind of provisioning error. I blew away the offending repo and rebuilt it with the exact same parameters and now it works. It’s not a fix, but at least I can get a droplet running.
DO should get to the bottom of this. Here’s the errors I was generating on the old droplet:
USER@HOST:~$ sudo apt update [sudo] password for USER: Err:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu focal InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.21.29.13 80] Err:2 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.21.29.13 80] Err:3 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.21.29.13 80] Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB] Reading package lists… Done N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. E: The repository ‘http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu focal InRelease’ is no longer signed. E: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.21.29.13 80] E: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 104.21.29.13 80]
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Same. Just created a 20.04 droplet. Can’t fetch updates.