apt sources.list for old versions of Ubuntu

1 May 2009

Discontinued versions of Ubuntu are mirrored under http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/, which can be used to setup apt’s sources.list.

For example, for Gutsy (7.10), sources.list would look like:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security multiverse

Thanks to Marty, JohnF, and others on the SLUG list.

Update August/2012

You can also use http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ and country specific repos like http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/