Update on Ubuntu 12.10 server failing (Not Found)

July 19, 2014 38.1k views
ethan.turkeltaub
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ethan.turkeltaub

I’m trying to update the packages for my Ubuntu 12.10 server, but I’m getting 404 errors at various DigitalOcean mirrors.

ethan@cloud:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal Release
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates Release
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Err http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal/universe amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com quantal-updates/universe amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/universe/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

#sources.list

deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu quantal main
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu quantal universe
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe

How do I fix this issue? Do I need different sources, or do I need to uninstall packages?

2 comments
  • steve141358 September 16, 2014

    I just ran into a similar problem. The Saucy mirror still exists on mirrors.digitalocean.com, but the Quantal mirror does not, and I need to upgrade, and I need to install the Quantal update-manager packages so I can perform the upgrade.

    If you pull up mirrors.digitalocean.com in a browser, you’ll see that the quantal mirrors are apparently gone. Now, Ubuntu no longer supports Quantal and I understand (and appreciate!) that the mirror was provided to us by the good graces of the people at DO, but I wish I’d had some advance notice that they were pulling the mirror. I still have two droplets I need to update to Saucy, and then to Trusty from there.

    I have a ticket open and am awaiting a response.

  • robert135404 March 5, 2016

    Any progress in regards to this as I am in the same situation :(

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7 Answers
ethan.turkeltaub July 19, 2014

Fixed it by changing references to quantal to precise in sources.list.

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asb MOD July 21, 2014

Ubuntu 12.10 has reached End Of Life and is no longer supported. Ubuntu has remove it from their official mirrors. We’ve set up a repository for it at: mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu-old

Though you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to a more recent release. Security updates are no longer provided for any packages in 12.10. We are providing that repository as a convenience and temporary work around for those who haven’t upgraded yet.

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vkotovv July 25, 2014

You can use Old releases to update from – http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/. You can find more info here – https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

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accounts772929 August 18, 2014

i’m getting this issue, but with 14.04.1 LTS. how do i solve it?

Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-32.57
  404  Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-32.57
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
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  • memming September 8, 2014

    I have the same problem on 64 bit 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu

    Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-32.57
  404  Not Found
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-32.57
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.153 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_3.13.0-32.57_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.153 80]

    with sources.list:

    deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty multiverse
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security multiverse
  • asb MOD September 8, 2014

    This is actually a different error than the original poster. Here it’s just individual packages that are not found. Most likely this means that there has been a new update. Run sudo apt-get update and the re-attempt to install the package.

  • memming September 8, 2014

    I was just about to answer my own question. Yes. asb is correct. apt-get update did the trick. Sorry for asking on the wrong thread!

steve141358 September 16, 2014

And now I’ve closed the ticket because I have discovered that we both just had the wrong URL for the DO repository mirrors. Derpy derp derp derp. :)

http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu-old/dists/

they’re all there.

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dianjhs August 14, 2015

Hey, It really works for me....thx.

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techtonik November 6, 2015
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