Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) End of Life reached on April 28, 2017

news · April 29, 2017

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to

confirm that as of today (April 28, 2017), Ubuntu 12.04 is no longer

generally supported. No more package updates will be accepted to

the 12.04 primary archive, and it will be copied for archival to

old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks.

However, we will again remind you that for customers who can't upgrade

immediately, Canonical is offering Extended Security Support for Ubuntu

Advantage customers, more info about which can be found here:

The original End of Life warning follows, with upgrade instructions:

Ubuntu announced its 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago,

on April 26, 2012. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed

to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The

support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 12.04 will reach end

of life on Friday, April 28th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices

will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 12.04.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 12.04 is via Ubuntu 14.04.

Users are encouraged to evaluate and upgrade to our latest 16.04 LTS

release via 14.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrades may be

16.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and

select high-impact bug fixes. All announcements of official security

updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce

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