cannot upgrade to 20.04LTS due to misconfigured sources.list

[Shivangi Varshney]

ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core this was asked to do.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:19.10.15.4 [origin: unknown]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-62.56-generic 5.3.18
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.9
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jul 23 15:48:26 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-27 (726 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-07-23 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2020-07-23T15:33:28.131120

[Shivangi Varshney (shivangi0708)]

can anyone please help?

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

You /etc/apt/sources.list file contains entries for the 16.04 LTS (xenial) release of Ubuntu and not 19.10 (eoan) which you are running. You'll need modify your sources.list file to reflect the actual release of Ubuntu you are using.

eb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed restricted main universe multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed restricted main universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner

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