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I just installed Metasploitable 2 from this link on VMware Workstation Pro. After logging in, I tried sudo apt-get install whois and I got this error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  whois
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 139 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.9kB of archives.
After this operation, 279kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages could not be authenticated:
  whois
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main whois 4.7.24
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/w/whois/whois_4.7.24_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.38 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

This happens with anything, not just whois.

I tried sudo apt-get update (with and without -fix--missing), and it ends up with a lot of "Failed to fetch" and ends with an error ("Some index files failed to download..."). If I try sudo apt-get upgrade, I get the same result as installing.

I also tried -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false.

The date command returned the time in EDT, 7 hours behind my clock, which is correct.

I am also connected to the internet since I am able to ping 8.8.8.8.

Please can you help me fix it?

Chris Rahmé
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  • The error message makes sense since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) support ended on 12 May 2011 for desktops and 9 May 2013 for servers. The debs are now in old-releases.ubuntu.com. Are you using Ubuntu 8.04? – Kulfy Sep 15 '20 at 16:50
  • @Kulfy Ah, makes sense. I haven't thought about it. I checked the version using lsb_release -a, and Metasploitable 2 is indeed using Ubuntu 8.04. Is there still a way to install? – Chris Rahmé Sep 15 '20 at 17:01
  • @Kulfy Thank you so much! The accepted answer there worked for me. – Chris Rahmé Sep 15 '20 at 17:37
  • You can close your question as duplicate by choosing "Yes" and click on "Submit" button which must appear at the top of your question. – Kulfy Sep 15 '20 at 17:41

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