Ubuntu 18.04 failing to update

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Anyone else on 18.04 getting his error?

rob@rooncore:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:2 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:3 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Err:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu bionic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Ign:5 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Ign:6 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Err:7 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.41 80]
Err:8 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.41 80]
Err:9 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.41 80]
Err:10 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.41 80]
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu bionic 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.
E: The repository ‘http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic 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.
E: The repository ‘http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates 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.
E: The repository ‘http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports 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.
E: The repository ‘http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security 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.

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These errors are caused because the PPA/ repository isn’t for Bionic (18.04.) Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and comment the lines causing the errors. Then run sudo apt update.

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Thanks, that worked!

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