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I have an older server that still has Ubuntu 7.10, is there a way that I could update this since it is no longer supported?

lsb_release -a gives:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 7.10
Release:        7.10
Codename:       gutsy

I did the following instructions from here and they don't work for me: How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? :

sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

then updated with

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then:

do-release-upgrade

and i get this error:

Checking for a new ubuntu release
Failed Upgrade tool signature
Failed Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting '/tmp/tmp8S5pl1/hardy.tar.gz'
Failed to extract
Extracting the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server.
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  • @muru Is not the same question the guy ask how to install a new software on an older release, I need to upgrade the realese entirely not just some specific pieces of software Oct 6, 2014 at 12:57
  • @muru ok, i will look, but because the answer applies it doesn't make it a dup question Oct 6, 2014 at 12:59
  • @muru doesn't work, do I need a sudo aptitude install update-manager-core update-manager before doing a do-release-upgrade? Oct 6, 2014 at 13:08
  • @muru yes I did, I did the sed and checked the repo is changed, I get Checking for a new ubuntu release Failed Upgrade tool signature Failed Upgrade tool Done downloading extracting '/tmp/tmptabge1/hardy.tar.gz' Failed to extract Extracting the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server. Oct 6, 2014 at 13:10
  • Ok, nominated for reopening. This might be related: askubuntu.com/q/279861/158442
    – muru
    Oct 6, 2014 at 13:16

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@Eduard, based on my experience, I don't think upgrading directly from Ubuntu 7.10 will work, because there are just too many releases in between them. Your old apt-get is probably not able to install the latest packages and perform all checks required.

I could think of doing incremental upgrades to 8.04(LTS), 10.04(LTS), 12.04(LTS) and 14.04(LTS), but that's a lot of work.

So the easiest path for you is probably reinstall Ubuntu 14.04(LTS) from scratch. Before you start, make sure you have a reliable backup of your important server data, probably everything under /home and including server configuration under /etc. I usually make a tarball from those trees, for reference.

Good luck!

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