Thread: changing hardy repository to lucid repository

i newbie in linux,
have got ubuntu repository: http://tamtam.pischiello.echosolution.it/echolinux/ hardy box. has got non-free part personal packets(web application,php code, javascript etc). want convert lucid same non-free packages lucid boxes can there update from. achieve goal have gone through following methods:

first:
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1. downloaded source of similar packages , rebuild as(under lucid source.list):
-apt-get source packagename
-apt-get build-dep packagename
-debuild -us -uc
2. generated repository using reprepro
3. added link source.list of box , on apt-get update got error:

var/cache/apt/archive/libgtk2.0-dev_2.20.10ubuntu.deb
var/cache/apt/archive/libhtml-parser-perl_3.64.deb
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second:
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1. copied pool/main lucid , integrated non-free package.
2. generated packages.gz , sources.gz:

-dpkg-scanpackages
-dpkg-scansources.

got error:
hash sum mismatch.
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thankful if 1 tell me how change repository lucid. because, have been working in since last 2 months. please me because, think started linux first time difficult part, because, have been trying means solve problem(internet search, forums , etc)


lot

posted naqib

thankful if 1 tell me how change repository lucid.

typically, contents of /etc/apt/sources.list looks this:

code:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted  deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted  deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted

of course change us.archive.ubuntu.com mirror closest you.

update , load new system:

code:

sudo apt-get update  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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