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I have a system that's currently on 19.10 and I would like to get it upgraded. I didn't realize this wasn't on an LTS, so now I'm having trouble.

I've been through all the steps I can find including the EOL tutorials. I have two problems.

The first has to do with /etc/apt/sources.list file. The URLs have been changed from archive to old-releases and that seems to be OK, but if I run

sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop

I get these messages

Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB]                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

I cannot figure out where the "us.archive.ubuntu.com" is coming from. Is there someplace besides the sources.list that the source urls are?

Then I went to the upgrade tools for specific releases (https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release) and pulled down the focal update tool from here (UpgradeTool: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/focal.tar.gz)

When I extract and run this it comes up with a box that lists the steps. When it gets to the Calculating the changes step, it just resets and exits.

Is there a way to get a log to see why that focal script is failing?

Finally any other suggestions would be helpful. There's a lot of configuration on this machine and I would prefer not to just to a clean install on it if I don't have to.

Edit: This question was marked as closed because it matched an other old question. The answer to that question was to update /etc/apt/sources.list to reference http://old-releases.ubuntu.com.

I did this.

Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates main restricted


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates universe


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-updates multiverse


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ eoan-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security multiverse

I see no references to http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu in /etc/apt/sources.list but I am getting an error related to that.

Bob Weber
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    If you're running 19.10 or eoan, why is there a jammy (22.04) line in your paste? That implies (to me anyway) a badly mangled system where I'd re-install. You also didn't say if this is a desktop or server system (it matters on re-install options!). LTS release are the first release on an even year, ie. 6.06, 8.04, 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 & 22.04 - so why would 19.10 be one? (full development starts on the .10 release post-LTS from prior cycle; with 3 non-LTS release before cycle ends with a LTS release) – guiverc Aug 25 '22 at 23:59
  • FYI: Ubuntu Desktop system can be re-installed, without impacting user files and having manually installed packages auto-reinstalled.. I use this on boxes I keep for support purposes on systems where dailies are still produced, by performing a QA-test (Quality Assurance) install ~weekly which (a) updates packages at the same time as the QA-test. I also use it to upgrade via re-install an EOL release; eg. when my impish (21.10) system was EOL, I performed the re-install with kinetic (I already had a jammy system) that left my music etc untouched & apps got re-installed – guiverc Aug 26 '22 at 01:19
  • An upgrade via re-install (Lubuntu refer to it as install using existing partition in the QA checklists) is what I'd use... but your provided details contain numerous flaws, let alone complications can exist if using 3rd party apps (the install method is supported/intended for only Ubuntu repository software) so a clean install maybe worthwhile, esp. given eoan was so long ago (two cycles ago). The upgrade via re-install allows you to skip releases, but where data is important to you, check for package changes (in those apps) before using it... – guiverc Aug 26 '22 at 01:23
  • Did you run apt update after editing /etc/apt ? Usually there also is a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ folder that could as well contain additional settings. From your description, I'd guess you did not edit all locations in /etc/apt/sources.list. From my experience, you will not need to re-setup the machine. Just make sure you replace all us.archive hostnames and run apt update afterwards (and, of course, apt upgrade before you attempt to do-release-upgrade). – Hannes Erven Aug 26 '22 at 00:09
  • You looked in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ I assume.. but I didn't get a response for the jammy in my first comment; which would likely cause breakage on release-upgrade of your system anyway... thus I'd recommend re-install... You could try ubuntu-security-status & like tools but I suspect you're using a frakensystem (thus results maybe inaccurate given your pasted details) – guiverc Aug 26 '22 at 04:23
  • It was fine as an eoan system until I started trying to upgrade it.

    Just a personal desktop. I didn't realize it was that far behind in updates and want to get it up to date. It runs fine as is, for what I use it for, but I do have some custom configuration, Plex server, photo archives, etc.. sync with my phone, etc.. that I would need to dig through and figure out my setup if I can't have to reinstall.

    jammy (22.04) is in there because that's the lastest version so when I run sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop that's the version that tries to install.

     – Bob Weber Aug 29 '22 at 23:59
  • As to why this was a 19.10 release? I honestly don't remember. It's a kubuntu install, it came up for an upgrade so I upgraded it. In the future I will definitely try to stick to the LTS version. – Bob Weber Aug 30 '22 at 00:08
  • And yes, i did run apt update and apt upgrade after every edit to the /etc/apt/sources.list

    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ does not contain any references to http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu either

     – Bob Weber Aug 30 '22 at 00:11
  • /var/log/dist-upgrade/ is what I was looking for. Thank you for that.

    I tried to run the update just to focal so I could be back on an LTS, but it fails. Looking through the main.log the only error I see is ERROR Installing/upgrading 'baloo-kf5' failed

    That's referenced in this question which wasn't ever answered https://askubuntu.com/questions/1335643/upgrade-from-focal-to-groovy-did-not-complete

     – Bob Weber Aug 30 '22 at 00:32

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