I am facing an issue with apt : sudo apt-get update won't successfully complete on my Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop.
First I'd like to specify that the subject Xenial repository does not have a release file did not solve my problems, nor did Ubuntu repository does not have a release file or any other.
My distro is a fresh installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 Bionic.
The problem is, on a sudo apt-get update I get the following error messages :
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
I get these messages on EACH REPOSITORY of my sources.list, the defaults ones for Ubuntu 18.04.
Here is the content my /etc/apt/sources.list file (I git it from Ubuntu Official Documentation). I removed the commented lines to improve readability.
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426)]/ bionic main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
I have understood by reading posts about that error msg, that it often comes from a bad configuration of repositories in that file (e.g, asking for the bionic version of a package which has not already been published on bionic repos).
The thing is: these are the default repositories. And when I go check the dist folder in the url given, I can see the distros specified in configuration : bionic, bionic-updates and bionic-security.
So, to sum it up:
- I have only the official default repositories for Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 configured
- each and every one of them get the same error (does not have Release file)
- any hint I've found is about one specific repository, or about a full system upgrade, which is not my case
If someone have an idea, a hint or even better, a solution to make sudo apt-get update work, I'd be really grateful !
Thanks
