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Old 03-31-2020, 02:51 PM   #1
hussamhussam
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apt is not working in ubuntu 18.10


Hello,
I have ubuntu 18.10 64bit installed on a vps, I didn't use it for a while, yesterday I tried to install curl, and this what I got:
Code:
 Ign:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 libcurl4 amd64 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4

Ign:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 curl amd64 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4

Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 libcurl4 amd64 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4

404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::15 80]

Err:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 curl amd64 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4

404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::15 80]

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/…/libcurl4_7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4_amd… 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::15 80]

E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/…/curl_7.61.0-1ubuntu2.4_amd64.d… 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::15 80]

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
then I tried:
apt clean
and it seems that thee problem got worse.
is it possible that cosmic is entirely removed from ubuntu repositories?

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Old 04-01-2020, 12:20 AM   #2
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Ubuntu 18.10 is out of the support, so the repositories have been closed, this is the reason why it doesn't work, also it is insecure because it doesn't receive security updated anymore.
Reinstall with 19.10 (and upgrade before support end of it in July). You can upgrade to 20.04 in May.
 
Old 04-01-2020, 12:28 AM   #3
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Or use 18.04, which has long-term support, like all even releases with minor release number 04.
 
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Old 04-01-2020, 07:24 AM   #4
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Thank you very much, the problem is that my vps provider doesn't give me many options, anyway I will see what I can do.

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Old 04-01-2020, 07:31 AM   #5
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Then your VPS provider is really really bad.
It is insecure and completely irresponsible to run Ubuntu 18.10 connected to the internet.
Tell that your VPS provider, they should know that they are doing junk.
 
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Old 04-01-2020, 07:40 AM   #6
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As a stop-gap solution, point your sources.list to old-releases.ubuntu.com

See this answer.
 
Old 04-01-2020, 07:47 AM   #7
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This doesn't fix the security problem, so give you 18.10 up and reinstall with 18.04 or 19.10 (and upgrade until July).
The old-releases repo only included the fixed until the end of support in July 2019
Since this date you VPS is sleeping.
 
Old 04-02-2020, 02:17 PM   #8
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Hello,
turns out that the vps provider is offering other options, but it was my fault that I didn't take a thorough look at them, now I installed ubuntu 18.04 because I wanted a long term support as you guys suggested.

Thank you all
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