This how to helps you to learn fixing the error message “The repository ‘http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch Release’ no longer has a Release file.”
Debian 9.0 Stretch
Index Of How To Fix The repository ‘http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch Release’ no longer has a Release file
- Background
- How To Fix The repository ‘http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch Release’ no longer has a Release file
- Additional Information
Background
Debian 9 (Stretch) transitioned to legacy status after the release of Debian 10 (Buster):
- Debian 9 (Stretch) was officially superseded by Debian 10 (Buster) on July 6th, 2019.
- Security updates for Stretch were discontinued as of July 6th, 2020.
- Stretch benefited from Long-Term Support (LTS) until the end of June 2022. The LTS support was limited to specific architectures: i386, amd64, armel, armhf, and arm641.
- Stretch is no longer actively maintained, it served as a stable and reliable release during its time!
How To Fix The repository ‘http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch Release’ no longer has a Release file
There are two ways to fix this error message. The best way is to upgrade to a newer Debian version, e.g. Debian 11 (Bullseye) or Debian 12 (Bookworm).
1. Option: Switch to Legacy – Not Recommended since Stretch is no longer actively maintained
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Replace
http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian stretch Release
by
deb http://legacy.raspbian.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi
fire the comment
udo apt upgrade
2. Option: Upgrade to Debian 12 Bookworm – Recommended since it is actively maintained
First, and before doing anything, you should backup all your data. Please do not execute any of the below if you did not made a backup.
Edit the sources.list
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main
Following this, you like to execute the below three comments in exactly the order as they are listed in the below:
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt dist-upgrade
Additional Information
In case you get a key error like the below
Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 0E98404D386FA1D9 NO_PUBKEY 6ED0E7B82643E131 NO_PUBKEY F8D2585B8783D481
This solution (that I found in the internet) helped me to fix it. I basically added by this the 3 missing keys:
gpg --armor --export 0E98404D386FA1D9 | sudo apt-key add - gpg --armor --export 6ED0E7B82643E131 | sudo apt-key add - gpg --armor --export F8D2585B8783D481 | sudo apt-key add -
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