Say you wanted to update your Ubuntu 8.04 LTS system to use our repository (recently upgraded).
Here is how you do it!
Replace /etc/apt/sources.list with the quoted text below.
Then run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade# Base sources.list file with added mirrors.iphouse.net repos deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security ## team. deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse deb http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse deb-src http://mirrors.iphouse.net/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu ## users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse