Updating 14.04.03

[Bret Busby]

On 20/04/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/04/2021, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a really old system that now I wish to update.
>> When I do "apt update" I get errors
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages
>>  Connection failed
>>
>> This is because the Packages file is now a gz file and not just Packages.
>>
>> But how do I fix that so it can update ?
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>
>
> With the most superior version of Ubuntu; 16.04, coming up to End Of
> Life in the next week or so, and, the significant changes from that
> version to the later LTS versions, I am surprised that the two
> questions gave not

Sorry - the word "gave" is a typo - it should have instead, been
"have", so, the last two words above, should instead, have been "have
not".

>yet been put in this thread (I do not remember
> seeing the questions being put);
>
> 1. Why are you still using 14.04, and, importantly,
>
> 2. Why do you want to try to update 14.04, rather than simply perform
> a clean install of the latest LTS version (20.04), or, the upcoming
> 21.04?
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
>


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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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..............