On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 8:27 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 7:40 PM <stefa...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi Jeffrey (2022.01.11_00:25:50_+0000) > > > I want to install a Ubuntu Server from that era. Hardy/8.04 was > > > contemporary around that time. I found the ISO at > > > https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/. I doubt there are any Hardy > > > mirrors out there nowadays. > > > > There is at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ > > > > > Apt wants to update its index files which is pointless for this setup. > > > It results in an error that stops subsequent install operations. > > > > > > My question is, how do I get 'apt-get install' to work in this case? > > > > Update your APT sources to point at old-releases.ubuntu.com, then you > > can apt install anything you want. > > > > On less ancient releases you may need to also tell apt to disable > > Check-Valid-Until. > > Thanks Stefano. That worked out perfectly. I was not aware > old-releases.ubuntu.com was the mirror that would allow 'apt-get > install' to work.
In case anyone is interested... I have a GitHub that allows us to install modern cURL, Wget, Git, SSH, etc. It is a hack and piss-poor excuse for a package manager, but it works great on this old stuff to get modern tools. The rub is, we need autotools, a compiler, and a few other tools to get started. You can find it here: https://github.com/noloader/Build-Scripts. Jeff -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
