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Where did the ubuntu wily sources go?

I'm getting fail to fetch errors in apt-get:

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]

I thought it was a sources error, or DNS error, but /dists/wily/ really doesn't exist at us.archive.ubuntu.com anymore. Nor does it exist in several mirrors I tried. Where did it go? What's the valid wily source now?

Solution

  • The wily version is in EOL (End of Life): no longer supported.

    You must follow these steps to use apt-get, by setting the use of oldversion repositories:

    [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades][1]

    1. modify with sudo the file /etc/apt/sources.list, e.g.:

      sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

    2. put into it:

      deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily main universe restricted multiverse

      deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-security main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-security main universe restricted multiverse

      deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates main universe restricted multiverse

    3. save the file

    4. do: sudo apt-get update [1]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades