Trouble upgrading EVE-NG Community Edition 2.0.3-112 using apt update

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vv0bbLeS
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Trouble upgrading EVE-NG Community Edition 2.0.3-112 using apt update

Post by vv0bbLeS » Tue May 13, 2025 8:29 pm

Hello all,

I'm trying to upgrade my old EVE-NG Community Edition 2.0.3-112 to the latest version using

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apt update
per this upgrade guide but I'm not sure it worked, or what I need to do next? Please see the output below:

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root@labeve1:~# apt autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# apt update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [106 kB]
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                           
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [106 kB]                                       
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [913 kB]                                         
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,269 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [1,019 kB]  
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en [303 kB]    
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1,171 kB]  
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [1,084 kB]
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [334 kB]
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [21.6 kB]
Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [20.4 kB]
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse Translation-en [8,440 B]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages [683 kB]    
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en [211 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages [740 kB]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages [660 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [203 kB]
Reading package lists... Done                                          
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# apt-get apt-transport-https
E: Invalid operation apt-transport-https
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# apt-get install apt-transport-https
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apt-transport-https
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 88 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 217 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 apt-transport-https amd64 1.2.35 [26.6 kB]
Fetched 26.6 kB in 0s (118 kB/s)               
Selecting previously unselected package apt-transport-https.
(Reading database ... 100865 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../apt-transport-https_1.2.35_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking apt-transport-https (1.2.35) ...
Setting up apt-transport-https (1.2.35) ...
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Ign:2 http://www.eve-ng.net/repo xenial InRelease                                               
Err:3 http://www.eve-ng.net/repo xenial Release
  server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done                     
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
E: The repository 'http://www.eve-ng.net/repo xenial 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.
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:57 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eve-ng.list:1
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# 
root@labeve1:~# dpkg -l eve-ng
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                                  Version                         Architecture                    Description
+++-=====================================================-===============================-===============================-===============================================================================================================
ii  eve-ng                                                2.0.3-112                       amd64                           A new generation software for networking labs.
root@labeve1:~# 

rusty725
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Re: Trouble upgrading EVE-NG Community Edition 2.0.3-112 using apt update

Post by rusty725 » Tue May 13, 2025 8:52 pm

Eve version 2.x was deprecated years ago and no longer supported. You should download and install latest version of Eve 6.x
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/download/#DL-COMM

vv0bbLeS
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Re: Trouble upgrading EVE-NG Community Edition 2.0.3-112 using apt update

Post by vv0bbLeS » Thu May 15, 2025 2:50 pm

Excellent, thank you. I'll download that version and start fresh with that, instead of trying to upgrade 2.x to 6.x via apt update. Thanks again!

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