Question

Ubuntu repository problem in Amsterdam droplet

Posted on March 7, 2020
Ubuntu
Asked by Alberto Ayora

I am getting this problem with Ubuntu repositories for Ubuntu 18.10 created in Amsterdam region.

Does anyone experiencing this too?

$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.10
Release:	18.10
Codename:	cosmic

$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Ign:2 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates InRelease
Ign:3 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports InRelease
Err:4 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 104.24.116.209 80]
Err:5 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 104.24.116.209 80]
Err:6 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 104.24.116.209 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu cosmic 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 cosmic-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 cosmic-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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alexdo

Site Moderator

• March 9, 2020

Accepted Answer

Hello, @Ayora @Antonio253 @AmpDevs

Ubuntu 18.10 (aka cosmic) reached end of life on July 18, 2019

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

After a release has been EOL for some time, Ubuntu moves the repositories to denote that they are no longer supported. A temporary solution could be to change the sources to old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ but it will be better to upgrade to a supported release.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Hope this helps.

Regards, Alex

Alberto Ayora • March 13, 2020

I have noticed that @alexdo. But, even if the versión has reached its end of life, Digital Ocean should have the version on their servers, cause droplet are configured with their own repositories :( That’s my opinion.

By the way, I have downgraded the version to 18.04 and then upgraded to 19.10. If you are interested, I am leaving this post which shows how to do the downgraded part:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-downgrade-ubuntu-linux-system-to-its-previous-version

Thanks for the help.

Greetings, Alberto

Alberto Ayora • March 8, 2020

Morning, @alexdo

right, I’m still having this issue. The droplet was created last year, it’s not a recently one. If you create a droplet in the same region now, you could only choose between 18.04 and 19.10 version. 18.10 is not available.

Thanks for the help.

Greetings, Alberto