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package sources and mirror servers in loki
I found out that you can get back the update manager by installing software properties:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-gtk
This will allow you to choose the sources and servers,...
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AppCentre fails to fetch updates; sudo apt update gives several errors
It looks as though something has replaced the version codename incorrectly in your apt source files (i.e. /etc/apt/sources.list and the other files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/)
It is likely that some ...
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Juno sources - no release file
I fix this replacing juno for bionic on
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/appcenter.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/patches.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/elementary.list
to find this list of files you can use
...
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How do I resolve GPG NO_PUBKEY errors?
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys <PUBKEY>
where <PUBKEY> is 1F3045A5DF7587C3 in this scenario.
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Adding a repo fails
You have missed sudo in second part of the command.The command should be as follows.
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
If you need more details see my revision ...
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Adding a repo fails
You can't copy&paste all commands at once, you have to do it line by line.
And the more important thing is, you should know what these commands do, before you run them on your computer:
wget -q ...
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elementary OS flatpak repository
Not yet.
All curated apps for AppCenter are currently built as .deb packages. There is a plan to work on moving them all to Flatpak. But this work hasn't been completed yet, mostly due to the fact ...
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How do I resolve GPG NO_PUBKEY errors?
I had the same issue but on Debian 8... assuming that your skypeforlinux repo is setup in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
Use the following to fix it:
dpkg -s apt-transport-https > /...
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Loki Broken dependencies. Not sure how to fix (Sudo apt-get install -f won't help)
The error message says there is no more space on the disk. Try to remove some packages or delete other files before running apt-get autoremove or install.
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What does this error mean? ("Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist'")
Actually this is only a warning about a file that has been renamed:
you should either delete (move, backup) if you do not want its contents to be interpreted by apt or
rename it (without .ucf-dist in ...
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How to show the support status of packages in freya?
While what you saw was likely a bug and I'm on Loki (the next release) and unable to check this in Freya, I think there are a few things worth clarifying. While elementary OS is based on Ubuntu Long ...
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Problems with the Update manager
From the error message, I'm guessing that you are running Luna (elementary OS 0.2). Please be aware that elementary no longer provides updates to Luna. You really should download and install the ...
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update error-duplicate entries
I solved it as follows:
There are duplicate entries in sources.list.Before proceeding further observe the error message.
It is clear that under http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security --...
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