Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Access Old Ubuntu Repositories

Access Old Ubuntu Repositories

They say you should be able to access your packages by putting the following into /etc/apt/sources.list.
 Important: Change CODENAME to your distribution's code name, e.g. jaunty,lucid.

## EOL upgrade sources.list 
# Required 
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME-security main restricted universe multiverse 

# Optional 
#deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ CODENAME-backports main restricted universe multiverse


Just run apt-get update and you can use them.

source :
http://superuser.com/questions/339537/where-can-i-get-therepositories-for-old-ubuntu-versions