Right. That was the problem with the sed command. There's no ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com domain. Just replace the whole thing with the three lines I gave you. Then run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade On 14-12-21 04:56 PM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
Take a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/#Requirements . Can you post your /etc/apt/sources.list file?
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release i386 (20121017.2)]/ quantal main restricted # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted deb-src http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe deb-src http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse deb-src http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://ca.old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party ## developers who want to ship their latest software. deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party ## developers who want to ship their latest software. deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic unicorn deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic unicorn deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic unicorn deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic unicorn <snip> --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk