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I'm stuck on Ubuntu 15.04, i followed some outdated guide on Reddit to update from 15.04 to 15.10 and screwed up my /etc/apt/sources.list, i get a bunch of the following when trying to update:

W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

So how do i update from 15.04 to 15.10 and eventually to 16.04?

My dedicated server provider only offers 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04 on prebuilt servers so i cant freshly install it.

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  • My dedicated server provider only offers 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04 If so start with 14.04 which is still supported and, if possible, upgrade to 16.04 from there. –  Sep 16 '17 at 20:21
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    Although you can upgrade through multiple versions, it is going to be faster and more reliable to do a fresh install. – Panther Sep 16 '17 at 20:41

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Wily Ubuntu and their corresponding repository reached the end of life. The official repository have been migrated to a dedicated end of life location.

To upgrade your ubuntu, you must update the location of the repositories in your sources list file (/etc/apt/sources.list) by using the following instead.

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

Note that you must update the apt local database before trying to install or upgrade the packages.

$ sudo apt-get update

Once upgraded, you should be able to easily upgrade to 16.10 as this version is still supported.

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