Unable to upgrade 13.04 Ubuntu desktop

[Pratik_Mehta]

Hi all,

I have seen several posts on this problem where people said they are not able to upgrade/update EOL (end of life) version, however i did not see anything specific to my version 13.04.Also none of the other version solutions i saw helped me! :(

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.04"

On running "sudo apt-get update"
or
"sudo apt-get upgrade"
or
"sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

I always get Something wicked happened resolving 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error)
Since 13.04 is no longer supported, i have updated the paths in sources.list file with following command:
sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
but still no success! :(

I also tried removing the locks with both of the below cmds:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

also restarted my machine several times...

I keep on getting above System error messages, and sudo apt-get update always gets stuck at
59% [Connecting to us.old-releases.ubuntu.com] for more than 1hr and then it timeouts! I get some internet problem error, however fact is that i have a very good internet connection. I tried all these the whole day but in vain :(

Note that my Ubuntu had IPv6 enabled. However after all the trial failures i disabled it
$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
1

However after that too, same problem persists!:(

Can someone please suggest what to do to come to latest supported version of Ubuntu?

[Pratik_Mehta]

Here are the contents of my sources.list file

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120817.3)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-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://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive. ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com|archive.ubu ntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse



As i mentioned above, even after updating this file with following cmd
sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
the cmd
sudo apt-get update does not help
it still gives system errors ! :(

[Pratik_Mehta]

When i use the GUI "Software Updater", for more than 2 hours it just keeps on searching for updates! :O
Then it gives some internet error, which is very crap! :S


Following is the output of "sudo apt-get update"

Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Sources
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist Release.gpg
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist Release
Hit http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen i386 Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org dist/10gen Translation-en
Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error)
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error)
Err http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'us.old-releases.ubuntu.com:http' (-11 - System error)
Ign http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring Release
Ign http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release
Ign http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release
59% [Connecting to us.old-releases.ubuntu.com]


...here it gets stuck! this does not go ahead even after 1.5hours of waiting!!

[grahammechanical]

My guess is that the sed command that you used was inaccurate. And you have replaced the URL to the us.archive.ubuntu.com with something that is not a valid URL. This is an example from my sources.list file


deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid main restricted

I would need to replace "gb.archive.ubuntu.com" with "old-releases.ubuntu.com" I know this is correct because as an experiment I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 and used that method to upgrade to 9.10 and 10.04 and 10.10. I did that to test the advice I give.

So, "http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com" is inaccurate. You should also disable those PPAs. The first time you ran that sed command you gave the instruction to replace "us.archive.ubuntu.com" with "security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com"

Regards.

[Pratik_Mehta]

Hey Grahammechanical, thanks for the quick reply.

Two questions: 1. What is PPAs ??!:O
2. What exactly should i change in my sources.list file ? (note that above, i have pasted the current contents of sources.list file)

Regards,
Pratik

[Bucky Ball]

Thread moved to Installation & Upgrades.

A fresh install is probably best. You would only be able to upgrade to 13.10 from where you are, and that is also EOL, so I doubt that's possible anyway. If you do make it to 13.10, then you are going to need to upgrade to 14.04 LTS to get to the latest LTS release (supported until April 2019). This will take time, bandwidth, and can be problematic. As I say, also probably impossible to do as first you would need to upgrade an EOL release to an EOL release.

Personally, I'd back up valuable data, download the 14.04 LTS ISO (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop), create install media and install 14.04 LTS and start from there. LTS can upgrade directly to the next LTS, so 14.04 LTS will upgrade to 16.04 LTS when it comes out, leapfrogging the interim releases in between.

Good luck. ;)

[Pratik_Mehta]

Hey Bucky ball,
Thanks for your inputs. I will start downloading 14.04 LTS ISO

Side by side, i am trying to upgrade this to 13.10 (until 14.04 gets downloaded). Following is the changes i have made in the sources.list file. Is this fine ?

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main universe restricted multiverse
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security restricted universe multiverse main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security restricted universe multiverse main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates restricted universe multiverse main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-proposed restricted universe multiverse main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports restricted universe multiverse main

[Bucky Ball]

Sorry, I can't help with that. Not familiar with the process(es) involved with upgrading EOL releases. As mentioned, 13.10 is also EOL, so you might be working in the dark here. It might be possible to upgrade EOL to EOL release via the backports and old repos. No idea, but good luck.

If you have any questions about installing the 14.04 LTS release, though, just ask. ;)

PS: Please use code tags for terminal output. Neater, space-saving and easier to read. See the last link in my signature for how or look at how I've done it in your last post by clicking 'Edit Post'. Thanks.

[beforelogic]

THANK YOU all concerned for this post / thread! Saved some hair pulling!

I had the depricated us.old-releases.ubuntu.com in sources.list instead of just the newer format old-releases.ubuntu.com

Best regards,

- Tyler



I would need to replace "gb.archive.ubuntu.com" with "old-releases.ubuntu.com" I know this is correct because as an experiment I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 and used that method to upgrade to 9.10 and 10.04 and 10.10. I did that to test the advice I give.

So, "http://us.old-releases.ubuntu.com" is inaccurate.