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sudo apt-get update failed

Asked by Rahul

My apt-get update failing with following msg on terminal.

rahul@rahul-laptop:~/Desktop/Self/study/books $ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Packages
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Packages
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
rahul@rahul-laptop:~/Desktop/Self/study/books $ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Packages
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Packages
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/main Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016) gutsy/restricted Packages
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
  404 Not Found
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

This is normal. Support for Ubuntu 7.10 reached end-of-life on April 18, 2009.

Time to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04

See these links as an example:

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34367

Regards,

Mark

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

I meant: Support for Ubuntu 7.10 reached end-of-life on April 18, 2008, not 2009.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

See here for more details on the correct end-of-life dates: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

:-)

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Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#4

Hi Rahul,

Try to change your repository to http://old-releases.ubuntu.com

Have a nice try
-Luky-

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Rahul (ugale-rahul) said : 		#5

Ok thanks let me try to change my repository to http://old-releases.ubuntu.com if that don't work then i will do upgrade. Thanks

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Rahul (ugale-rahul) said : 		#6

DO i need CD Ubuntu 9.04 to upgrade or can do upgrade online ??

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

You can upgrade online. You do not need the Ubuntu 9.04 CD

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Rahul (ugale-rahul) said : 		#8

i did upgrade to 8.04.. seems all working fine as of now.. thanks you all