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Since recently, it seems to be possible to get updates for software in universe by attaching it to a (free) Ubuntu Pro subscription.

This has worked on my desktop (amd64), so I also tried to do it on my NAS (armhf). Attaching the device has worked, but it didn't automatically enable the esm-apps repository. When trying it manually, it also didn't work:

> sudo pro enable esm-apps
One moment, checking your subscription first
Ubuntu Pro: ESM Apps is not available for platform armhf.
Supported platforms are: amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el, s390x.

Is there anything I can do?

YtvwlD
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  • "Is there anything I can do?" Please do not ask questions that are answered with a yes or a no. There is not much value in that. "Supported platforms are: amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el, s390x." answers your question, The answer is no: no arm support. – Rinzwind Feb 22 '23 at 11:55
  • Maybe remove the Pro subscription, re-install and use a supported architecture (ie. arm64) then re-attach the Pro subscription to your new-install. – guiverc Feb 22 '23 at 11:56
  • I'm afraid that the CPU is ARMv7. I've looked at the repositories and there are some packages in there that are marked as all (some Python, Java and JavaScript packages) and it would be nice to get at least those updates. – YtvwlD Feb 22 '23 at 12:04
  • It is not supported. So it doesn't make any sense to use it on this machine. You can get updates without it. – Pilot6 Feb 22 '23 at 12:23
  • Ubuntu PRO allows you to get security patches (to 'universe' packages); not updates which are available with the PRO enabled. – guiverc Feb 22 '23 at 12:49
  • "security patches" != "updates". LTS release generally don't update (that's their designed purpose!) Software updates are in the 6-month releases of Ubuntu. – user535733 Feb 22 '23 at 14:08

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You don't need Pro subscription to get updates from universe.

ESM is an addition to universe.

ESM is not available for armhf. So you can remove the subscription from that machine.

Pilot6
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