Going back to Ubuntu 13 dilemma

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Hi,

After trouble getting PWM pins work on Ubuntu 14, I took the advices in this forum to install 13. So I moved BBB back to 13. Got 3.8.13-bone20 kernel. Wanted to upgrade further as suggested by many other posts by doing:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-3.8.13-bone68
sudo reboot

But “sudo apt-get update” itself would fail as below. Then I realized this was the original reason I moved to Ubuntu 14. Why would the support for Ubuntu 13 be removed so fast when Ubuntu 14 is not yet mature? Working of sudo apt-get update is important for me also to get "sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-smbus -y " work as required by “http://learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/setting-up-io-python-library-on-beaglebone-black.pdf”. Any help is greatly appreciated.

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 13.04

Release: 13.04

Codename: raring

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu-armhf 3.8.13-bone20 #1 SMP Wed May 29 06:14:59 UTC 2013 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org

[sudo] password for ubuntu:

27 Dec 22:40:59 ntpdate[596]: adjust time server 129.250.35.251 offset -0.003883 sec

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ date

Sat Dec 27 22:41:08 UTC 2014

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-security Release

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main armhf Packages

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted armhf Packages

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/universe armhf Packages

404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en_US

22% [Working]^Cubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

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Hi,

After trouble getting PWM pins work on Ubuntu 14, I took the advices in this
forum to install 13. So I moved BBB back to 13. Got 3.8.13-bone20 kernel.
Wanted to upgrade further as suggested by many other posts by doing:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-3.8.13-bone68
sudo reboot

But "sudo apt-get update" itself would fail as below. Then I realized this
was the original reason I moved to Ubuntu 14.

Well first, "ubuntu-armhf" images are not supported by my repo on
rcn-ee.net, talk to "armhf.com".. That's why the above doesn't work..

Why would the support for
Ubuntu 13 be removed so fast when Ubuntu 14 is not yet mature?

Well, "Ubuntu 13.04" is so mature, it went EOL a year ago:

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2014/01/28/ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail-end-of-life-reached-on-january-27-2014/

That means it has all the fun "shellshock", "heartbleed", etc's too!!!

Ubuntu only supports a non-lts for up to 9 months after release..

Thus you'll never see me release a non-lts ubuntu release, I'm done
with them. (and there's no point for embedded users)..

Working of
sudo apt-get update is important for me also to get "sudo apt-get install
build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-smbus -y "
work as required by
"http://learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/setting-up-io-python-library-on-beaglebone-black.pdf"\.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 13.04

Release: 13.04

Codename: raring

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu-armhf 3.8.13-bone20 #1 SMP Wed May 29 06:14:59 UTC 2013 armv7l
armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org

[sudo] password for ubuntu:

27 Dec 22:40:59 ntpdate[596]: adjust time server 129.250.35.251 offset
-0.003883 sec

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ date

Sat Dec 27 22:41:08 UTC 2014

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring-security Release

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Sources

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Sources

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/universe Sources

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main armhf Packages

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted armhf Packages

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/universe armhf Packages

  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.140 80]

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_US

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en

Ign http://ports.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en_US

22% [Working]^Cubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$

Regards,