Old release source.list for Ubuntu 8.10

Hi all

As such Ubuntu 8.10 is no longer used but incase you need to use it and you are facing issues with updating the same the problem lies in sources.list file which resides under /etc/apt/sources.list

Keep a backup of the old file and than replace the content of the old one to the one below.

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## 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://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates 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://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ‘backports’
## repository.
## 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://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe 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 intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multive

Now try apt-get update and it should work. Let me know if you still face issues.

Njoi

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