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  • Temporary solution for Ubuntu’s “not have a Release file”


    It’s wired that when I tried to update the Ubuntu zesty and install some new packages today, I got such errors below.

    Err:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security Release     
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.161 80]
    Err:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty Release
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
    Err:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates Release
      404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
    Reading package lists... Done
    E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security Release' does no longer have a Release file.
    N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
    E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty Release' does not have a Release file.
    N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
    E: The repository 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates Release' does not have a Release file.
    N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

    And none of the other mirrors works to me. All of them has the same issue “no longer have a Release file”. I did some research and found the error message actually has another form “not have a Release file”.

    The solution is easy but tricky — Disable all sources of `security.ubuntu.com` and replace `archive.ubuntu.com` to `old-releases.ubuntu.com`.

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