upgrading from 15.10 apt not installed

Asked by Kerry Young

I have a hand-me-down laptop with Ubuntu 15.10 installed. I would like to upgrade, but I am brand new to Ubuntu and have no Linux background. The first time I ran the upgrade I had the 'apt not installed' problem. In attempting to resolve it I have done some copy/pastes from threads. The About menu no longer prompts me to upgrade - it says that the Ubuntu 15.10 is up-to-date.

I followed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/660149

Got similar results as: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/673736

Here are the results from my attempts so far. Before finding the 2 threads I listed above there were other posts that I tried. In one post I was asked to change the server

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security Release
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en_US
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.39 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.142 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get -y install apt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
apt is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife

Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,248 kB]
Fetched 1,249 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
authenticate 'xenial.tar.gz' against 'xenial.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'xenial.tar.gz'

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

Required depends is not installed

The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.10.2ubuntu2)' is not installed.

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security Release
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Sources
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse i386 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

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W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/restricted/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily-security/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.152 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall apt
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of apt is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ uname -a
Linux james-Satellite-L305D 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 14:46:51 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.10
Release: 15.10
Codename: wily
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.10.2ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ cd
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ rm -v *apt*.deb*
rm: cannot remove ‘*apt*.deb*’: No such file or directory
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ rm -v *apt*.deb*
rm: cannot remove ‘*apt*.deb*’: No such file or directory
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2020-04-20 21:35:59-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228, 2001:67c:1560:8003::8008, ...
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 986732 (964K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’

apt_1.0.10.2ubunt 100%[==============>] 963.61K 1.44MB/s in 0.7s

2020-04-20 21:36:00 (1.44 MB/s) - ‘apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [986732/986732]

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524264/apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2020-04-20 21:36:30-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524264/apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.228, 91.189.89.229, 2001:67c:1560:8003::8007, ...
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 25402 (25K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’

apt-transport-htt 100%[==============>] 24.81K --.-KB/s in 0.1s

2020-04-20 21:36:31 (223 KB/s) - ‘apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [25402/25402]

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524266/apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2020-04-20 21:37:00-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524266/apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228, 2001:67c:1560:8003::8008, ...
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 180220 (176K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’

apt-utils_1.0.10. 100%[==============>] 176.00K 580KB/s in 0.3s

2020-04-20 21:37:01 (580 KB/s) - ‘apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [180220/180220]

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524269/libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2020-04-20 21:37:31-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524269/libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228, 2001:67c:1560:8003::8007, ...
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 58046 (57K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’

libapt-inst1.7_1. 100%[==============>] 56.69K 268KB/s in 0.2s

2020-04-20 21:37:32 (268 KB/s) - ‘libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [58046/58046]

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2020-04-20 21:37:58-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.228, 91.189.89.229, 2001:67c:1560:8003::8007, ...
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 636172 (621K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’

libapt-pkg4.16_1. 100%[==============>] 621.26K 1.01MB/s in 0.6s

2020-04-20 21:37:59 (1.01 MB/s) - ‘libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [636172/636172]

james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ ls -l *apt*.deb*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 james james 986732 Apr 19 2016 apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 james james 25402 Apr 19 2016 apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 james james 180220 Apr 19 2016 apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 james james 58046 Apr 19 2016 libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 james james 636172 Apr 19 2016 libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo dpkg --install apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for james:
dpkg: error processing archive apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
 apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
 apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
 libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
 libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ B^C
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ uname -a
Linux james-Satellite-L305D 4.2.0-16-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 8 14:46:51 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 15.10
Release: 15.10
Codename: wily
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
[sudo] password for james:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for james:
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
james@james-Satellite-L305D:~$ apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.10.2ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Bashing-om (bashing-om) said :
#1

Kerry Young; Hello -

Though in theory it is possible to upgrade from 15.10 the time/effort/bandwidth to reach current 19.10 is appreciable. The reason for all the source errors here is that the software repository has been depreciated and moved out of incoming to "old-releases".
Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) was the 23rd release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 28th, 2016.

You will be much better served to do a clean fresh install.
https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Old hardware might consider:
https://xubuntu.org/download

-hope this helps-

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#2

"dpkg: error processing archive apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
 package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)"

The operating system on that laptop currently is configured as 32bit system.
Nowadays most systems which are based on intel processor architecture are running 64bit operating systems, and starting with Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu has dropped 32bit versions.

You should start with answering the following questions:
Is the processor inside that laptop capable of 64bit computing?
If it is able, then do you want still to stay on 32bit, or do you agree to install a 64bit operating system?

For the first question, what is the output of the following command:
lscpu

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Kerry Young (whatkerrylikes) said :
#3

Manfred,
Thank you for your response.

My laptop supports a 64 bit computing.
Memory: 2.8 GB
Processor: AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile Technology TL-60 x 2
Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690My laptop spec is is AMD Turion 64x2

I would like to install the 64 bit OS.

Here is the response for lscpu

Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 2
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
CPU family: 15
Model: 104
Model name: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
Stepping: 2
CPU MHz: 800.000
CPU max MHz: 2000.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 1599.96
Virtualization: AMD-V
L1d cache: 64K
L1i cache: 64K
L2 cache: 512K

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#4

Yes, "CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit" confirms the capability for 64 bit operating systems.

The best way to proceed probably is a new installation.

Are there any files on that system that you want to keep? If yes, then copy them to a removable medium (e.g. a USB-Stick or a USB hard disk)

Download the Ubuntu installer from https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop and proceed with creating a bootable USB stick or burning a DVD. (How-To-s can be found on the same page)

Currently you have the choice between Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10, and probably tomorrow is the publication date of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Maybe you should wait for that.

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Kerry Young (whatkerrylikes) said :
#5

Thank you Manfred. I have an additional question about my laptop memory - it has 2.8 GB.

I see that the system requirements recommend 4 GB memory. Will the 20.* version require the same?

Bashing-om mentioned Xubuntu.

I'd love to be on the newest Ubuntu and I don't mind my system running a little slow or needing to reduce open apps. Based on that, is Ubuntu 20.04 a good option?

Thank you again for your help.
Kerry

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#6

Sorry, but I am not able to provide answers to this question. I am quite sure that Ubuntu will run on a system with 2.8 GB memory, but I cannot predict the performance of such a system. That depends on too many different factors.

Lubuntu and Xubuntu are designed with reduced capacity consumption in mind.

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Kerry Young (whatkerrylikes) said :
#7

Thank you Manfred, I appreciate the help.