Debian 8 (eol) Can't apt update && apt upgrade anymore

General Discussion
1

Hi.
I have an old BB Black (from 2016 IIRC).
It shows:

root@bbb:~# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 8 \n \l
BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2016-01-31
Support/FAQ: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian
default username:password is [debian:temppwd]
The IP Address for usb0 is: 192.168.7.2

root@bbb:~# apt update
Ign http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Ign http://security.debian.org jessie/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org jessie/updates Release
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?

root@bbb:~# apt-get install apt-transport-https
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apt-transport-https
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 135 kB of archives.
After this operation, 170 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  apt-transport-https
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Err http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main apt-transport-https armhf 1.0.9.8.6
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:600::644 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_1.0.9.8.6_armhf.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:600::644 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

--fix-missing doesn’t help either.

What can I do more?

… later …

Checking here here I can see that apt-transport-https_1.0.9.8.6_armhf.deb does not exist anymore.

Shall I try apt-transport-https_1.8.2.2_all.deb ?

2

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie

It’s eol, archive is archived

3

Thanks for the quick reply.
I believe I must do a fresh install with:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm
#?§$& …

4

At this point, if you’re image is working, why even update it? It’s been eol for a long time. So why yesterday did it need something?

5

Good point.
I don’t update when I don’t have to (unlike some people).
On subject host, I use a package from github, which requires an update to add a feature.
It returned errors during the pre-build process.

autoconf-archive not found
...
method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found

I can’t install any package since the apt archive is “gone”.

6

‘archived’ not gone… See the FAQ at the bottom of my first link.

7

Thanks for the hint.
Removing existing sources and adding …

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main

… allowed some updates, but some required new packages could not be installed.

I do a fresh install.
I don’t need a graphical interface.
I believe this one is the most recent one for my BeagleBone Black?