In this article, we will see the different solutions for below error message.
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing?
Reason:
The reason for this is that it is now out of support and no longer receiving updates and security patches.
Solution:
If you want to continue using an outdated release then edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com.
You can do this with sed:
sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}\.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
Then run the below command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade