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I wanted to install docker on my ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) but it seems not supported so I upgraded to 15.10 (willy) by using this sources.list:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-updates multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily-backports main restricted universe multiverse

and apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. It did not show any error and my apt-get update is working.

I then started doing a do-release-update towards 16.04 (Xenial), however some downloads are always failing and it won't proceed to the end. How can I fix it ?

jeandut
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  • The Ubuntu versions 15.04 and 15.10 have passed end of life, and receive no updates, not even security updates. Please backup all files, that you want to keep, and make a fresh installation of a current version. I suggest that you try Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, the newest version with long time support (at least until April 2023). – sudodus Nov 25 '18 at 11:44
  • I heard that before. Is there no way to bypass this ?( without doing a fresh install ?) – jeandut Nov 25 '18 at 11:52
  • It is complicated to do-release-update and if you need several steps, it is very likely to fail. It is usually easier and faster to make a fresh installation, copy the files you have backed up, install the programs you need now and do the configurations, that you want now. This way you will also get a much cleaner and more efficient system (compared to an upgraded system with a lot of old stuff, that you might not need, and that may cause conflicts). – sudodus Nov 25 '18 at 11:57
  • You are welcome to ask new questions after the fresh installation, if you need. Good luck :-) – sudodus Nov 25 '18 at 12:53
  • I did not try the last step but everything with update-manager core but otherwise the answer of the question mentioned was the starting point of my question – jeandut Nov 26 '18 at 08:44

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