Trying to upgrade from 11.04 to 12.04 on ARM CPU

[SqueeglePoof]

I'm working on a Beagleboard-xM with Ubuntu 11.04 installed. I tried to compile a program from source and all was going well until I ran into an internal compiler error, which means (I think) that I have to try to upgrade gcc from version 4.5.

So I tried

sudo apt-get update

and I get


Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner armel Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise/partner Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [74 B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex [73 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/main armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse armel Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Fetched 290 B in 2min 8s (2 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/restricted/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/universe/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/main/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/restricted/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/universe/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/main/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/restricted/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/universe/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/multiverse/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


My /etc/apt/sources.list is as follows:


deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner


Please help.

[sanderj]

Ubuntu 11.04 is not supported anymore (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Table_of_versions ), so you can't update it anymore using the normal online repo's

[SqueeglePoof]

I tried looking at how to upgrade from Natty from this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Natty
which I got from here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes#Ubuntu_11.04_.28Natty_Narwhal.29

How, then, do I approach this upgrade? Thanks for the help.

[sanderj]

If those pages do not provide you with the info you need, I would advice you to do a fresh install.

[SqueeglePoof]

I have two options:

Find a way to upgrade from 11.04 to a more recent version without doing a fresh install
Backup everything and do a fresh install, then put everything back


Any advice on either of these options?

[gordintoronto]

Fresh install! You waited too long to decide what to do as 11.04 lost support.

Make two copies of your backup. Don't forget browser bookmarks and such application-specific data.