Questions tagged [ppa]
"Personal package archives" serve applications to the public. Launchpad users bundle and prepare packages for users, who can add PPAs via terminal commands or "Software & Updates".
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How do I use PPAs with Elementary OS?
I have Elementary OS 5.1 Hera, and I would like to use PPAs. That way, I can install some more software not in the default repositories. How can I do this?
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Can't Add Repository “Could not find a distribution template for elementary/hera”
I wanted to add Inkscape repository to download Inkscape 1.0 which is not available in the default elementary repository. Before I've ever done sudo add-apt-repository and it just worked fine. Only ...
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Cannot update because E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium
I cannot update 5 packages because I get:
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_85.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb ...
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Message of error each time I open Appcenter
Every time I open the appcenter there is a message of "Failed to fetch updates" Everything seems to be working fine, but I would like to solve it
Here is the full content of the window
W: ...
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Remove corrupted repository
How do I remove that manuelscheider repository??
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How to set up elementary os daily?
I have an Ubuntu VM and I want to set it up with elementary OS daily, but the packages inside are throwing dependency errors for packages inside the ppa (!) and I also can't find the package libhandy-...
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sudo apt-get update problem
E: 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybre/elementaryplus/ubuntu bionic Release' deposunda Release dosyası yok.
W: Böyle bir depodan güvenli bir şekilde güncelleme yapılamaz, bu nedenle depo devre dışı ...
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PPAs don't work + GPG problem
Running Juno 64bit
While trying to update and dist-upgrade the files couldn't be downloaded because there is something wrong with the directory path in the PPAs. I edited the list files to say bionic, ...
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Failed to Fetch Updates - No Public Key
I downloaded google chrome from the main website Version 84.0.4147.105 (Official Build) (64-bit) but everytime I go to the app center I get a Failed to Fetch Update error. How do I fix this in the ...
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AppCenter Fails to Fetch Updates
Running Elementary OS Hera, Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, Linux 5.3.0-46 generic, GTK 3.22.30.
Long story short: evaluated syncEvolution 1.5.3 - it didn't work for what I needed.
Uninstalled it, as well as ...
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How do I remove a PPA?
I've added multiple third party PPAs and there are bunch of PPAs which I don't need any more. Is there simple way to remove a PPA?
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Cant connect to ppa.launchpad.net
I cant connent to ppa.launchpad.net, i have tried many things didn't work, i saw one solution for ubuntu that you go to setting/more software you delete the installed ppa and it reinstall itself, but ...
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Err: - ppa & 404 Not Found
Fresh install of Elementary OS. Did a "sudo apt-get update" getting the following error message:
Err:## http://packages.elementary.io/appcenter hera Release 404 Not Found
Also, in the App Centre, ...
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Unable to update / PPA unsigned after fresh install - Hera
I have installed elementary OS previously without issues. I wanted to try the latest issue and get the following issue when i check on terminal and following a couple of google searches:
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Failed to Fetch Updates on elemetary OS 5.1 Hera
Error details:
: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybre/elementaryplus/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
W: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is ...
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In app centre it is showing failed to fetch updates
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/tor-browser/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
W: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore ...
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Bleeding-edge elementary OS ISO or PPA? [duplicate]
Is it possible to obtain testing releases of elementary OS ISO images? Otherwise - are there any repos for the latest unstable/testing/etc. packages? How do I add them here?
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'Doesn't have a release file' message upon Tweaks installation
Have installed elementary Juno on a new build. Trying to install Tweaks, below message pops up every time I open app center. Dont necessarily want tweaks now, just want to remove the following.
E: ...
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Adding ppa for airvpn app eddie-ui
i used to use airvpn in ubuntu and adding the ppa was easy with the graphical interface. I have experience adding ppa's through the terminal but this ppa doesnt seem to fit the right format...
deb ...
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Repository Release' does not have a Release file [duplicate]
I am using elementary OS. When AppCenter is opened, a message is popped up with below message: does not have a Release file
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/versable/elementary-update/...
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Error when running `sudo apt-get update`
I've got the following error(s):
Hit:1 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease ...
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PPA issues unable to update app store
my app store wont update because of this error 'E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file'
i tried this
sudo add-apt-repository -...
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Can't add a repo
I wanted to install elementary+ icons, but got an error while trying to add devs PPA:
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/cybre/elementaryplus/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release ...
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Problems installing elementary tweaks in Juno
Following these steps:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt update
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks
I get this output, indicating an error:
guillermo@guillermo-...
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Remove PPA that was taken down from Launchpad
I'm trying to remove PPA, that has been taken down from Launchpad and none of the methods I found worked.
Specifically I'm trying to remove libreoffice/libreoffice-5-2, which was not just EOL, but ...
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How to fix gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/<key>.gpg': resource limit
I frequently receive errors as follows while running apt-get update:
[...]
gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pdfmod-team-ppa.gpg': resource limit
gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/...
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How does one perform a PPA Installation [duplicate]
Aloha:
How would one install the PPA:detly/mactel-utils package into (onto) elementary os (loki)?
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Where is my Terminal?
After someone recommended to use the daily elementaryOS build on reddit to e.g. update the system, I went ahead with:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update
and went for ...
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apt update “does not have a Release file”
I'm trying to fix this issue when running sudo apt update:
E: The repository 'https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu loki Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository ...
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ppa/git problems after installing certificates. Revert system to default?
I have installed some certificates and after I did it i have a lot of problems with the ppa and git:
sudo apt update returns errors for missing release files where they actually are:
server ...
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apt-get is busted, linux noob
elementary os hasn't been able to update for a long time now. Apt get update works, but i get a bunch of 404 errors. The errors are only for arm64 packages and im on an AMD64 system so i havnt been ...
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ElementaryOS broken packages [duplicate]
I am having a trouble whenever I want to install a new package or run sudo apt-get update with the following message:
W: The repository 'http://packages.elementary.io/appcenter xenial Release' does ...
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Dell XPS 13" (9360) arriving soon, downloaded Loki - any issues / tips?
I'm new to elementary OS, I'm software engineer mostly using Ubuntu Server edition and MacOS.
Was interested if anyone had tried the new XPS (late 2016) with this OS yet. Would really love to be ...
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How to install Flatpak?
I want to test Flatpak on elementary OS. Since it is built on top of Ubuntu 16.04, it should be possible to install flatpack. Like in flatpack installing guide.
sudo apt install flatpak
It doesn't ...
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'packages.elementary.io/appcenter xenial Release' does not have a Release file [closed]
How do I fix this?
W: The repository 'https://packages.elementary.io/appcenter xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore ...
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Loki apt update gives a lot of errors
Basically after installing Loki (using the homefolder from my prior ubuntu installation) and upon installing i opened up the terminal and did
sudo apt update
Which gave me a surprising amount of ...
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Getting errors while using the command sudo apt-get update
When I use the command I seem to be getting these errors:
Err:46 http://ppa.launchpad.net/t-tujikawa/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found
Ign:52 http://ppa.launchpad.net/t-...
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ppa essential for ElementaryOS
I want to have the repositories is essential in my system.
can someone give me a list with the most safe and needed.
thank you.
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How to add elementary tweaks PPA?
I have been adding a PPA but but it returns to errors as follows
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpstark/elementary-tweaks-daily
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpstark/elementary-tweaks-daily
[sudo] ...
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I've added the Daily PPA and Appstream causes an error when trying to upgrade
I've added the Daily PPA (don't worry, I have another partition with a stable elementary, this is just for learning) and when I try to apt upgrade -f (or the same without the -f) I get the following ...
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Error while adding PPA on elementary OS freya
Whenever i try to add any PPA it shows me the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 91, in
sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
File ...
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Problem installing ppa webupd8team/java
I can't install Java in elementary. I tried to install it in my computer:
$ sudo add/apt/repository ppa>webupd8team/java
bash: webupd8team/java: No such file or directory
What am I doing wrong?
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I tried everything, but still I couldn't install elementary-tweaks on Loki [duplicate]
I've installed 'software-properties-common', 'python-software-properties', but still I couldn't install the 'elementary-tweaks' in Loki.
Now remember what I've installed and then when I run
sudo ...
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“could not find a distribution template for Ubuntu/n/a” error in elementary OS
I got message like this :
root@ferryready-Satellite-L510:/home/ferryready# curl -sL http://i-hate-farms.github.io/spores/install | sudo bash -
Installing the repository...
OK
Traceback (most recent ...
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Recentely installed Elementary giving e Not Found W: Failed to fetch ## 404 For every new ppa
i have downloaded, from the official page, last week and installed yesterday the Elementary OS but i'm having trouble to install basically everything that needs to add ppa.
Every new ppa i add gives ...
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Recent change in elementary OS repository structure?
Has there be in recent time (mor exactly on 4 oct 2015) a change to the structure of the elementary OS repository in ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu/dists/ changing URL pattern from .../...
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How to remove installed packages by daily PPA
On elementary OS I accidentally added the daily ppa and updated the machine on a daily basis.
Now i want to remove all the apps that are installed by this ppa. How to do that?
Can i do this ...
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How do I restore the elementary OS Freya original sources list?
I have messed up the PPA and now I do not know how to revert the sources.list to its original form.
Thank you!
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What benefits does a PPA offer that a .deb or installing from the standard repositories doesn't?
I know that PPAs can be dangerous.
But if they were 100% bad, surely nobody would use them - and it wouldn't be so easy to add them onto Ubuntu and elementary OS?
So what are the benefits of a PPA ...
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Can I safely install any PPA for Ubuntu on elementary?
Can I expect that a PPA will work the same way it would on a Ubuntu installation?
How can I know that a PPA that works on Ubuntu might not work on elementary?
