Getting "Authenticating the upgrade failed" message every time I try to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04

Marko Spasic

2/28/23, 12:07 PM

So, I keep getting the same error when upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04. I get upgrade suggestion from Software Update daily, and would really like to upgrade.

I have tried several times, using terminal as well, but I am new with Linux, so I couldn't figure out what went wrong there.

What should I do when this appears?

Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/somerville-dla-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease 
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                   
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                     
Ign:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-beaver-osp1-loras InRelease
Ign:8 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem InRelease            
Hit:10 http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-oem Release             
Ign:11 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service InRelease 
Hit:12 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell InRelease   
Hit:14 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-beaver-osp1-loras Release
Get:1 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [638 kB]      
Get:3 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [638 kB]
Get:6 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [638 kB]
Get:9 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [638 kB]
Hit:16 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell-service Release   
Err:1 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease  
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Err:3 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Err:6 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Err:9 http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
Reading package lists... Done     
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease' is not signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
E: The repository 'http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease' is not signed.
E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: The repository 'http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease' is not signed.
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.
E: Failed to fetch http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
E: The repository 'http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease' is not signed.
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.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apt-clone archdetect-deb btrfs-tools cryptsetup-bin dmraid
  gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 kpartx kpartx-boot
  libdebian-installer4 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libido3-0.1-0 libtimezonemap-data
  libtimezonemap1 python3-icu python3-pam rdate
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

0 + 0

upgrade

lts

18.04

20.04

FedKad

2/28/23, 1:39 PM

Open a terminal and enter the command sequence `sudo apt update ; sudo apt dist-upgrade`. [Edit] your question and add the output you obtained. (No screenshots or photos please!)

Marko Spasic

2/28/23, 3:04 PM

Thanks @FedonKadifeli. I updated with the output.

FedKad

3/2/23, 2:38 PM

Please, [edit] your question and add the output of the command: `grep -v -e '^ *$' -e '^#' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*`

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EN: Getting "Authenticating the upgrade failed" message every time I try to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to 20.04

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