Questions tagged [ppa]
Personal Package Archive, for creating software for Ubuntu to be downloaded/installed with the standard "apt" tool for Debian.
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How to identify a PPA in software sources
Given a PPA in Discover > Software Sources > Authentication Tab
like :
69238A55545A3FCF 2015-02-11
launchpad ppa for jesus
How do i figure out what it has installed?
And what it's originating URL is?...
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Error when apt update and removing ppa
I am trying to test PHP 7.0 installation on vagrant using Ansible and get this error:
TASK [php-cli : Install php7.0-cli package] **********************************************************************...
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Problem during install of Spotify - stable inRelease not verified, because key is not available
I just tried to install spotify through the application manager. The download went smoothly.
However, when i went to the update manager and wanted to see if spotify needed any updates this warning ...
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updating ubuntu issue apt-get update
I am unable to update "sudo apt-get update" in my PC (Ubuntu 18.04). I keep receiving this error and tried many different solutions existed in StackExchange and Google, however, nothing seemed to work ...
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sudo apt-get update errors: how do I clean up my MariaDB installation?
Linux Mint 18.3 (based on Ubuntu Xenial).
I have looked at the other questions here, but I still don't know where to start about cleaning up my package lists and specifically MariaDB. Any links to ...
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install java 10 using oracle jdk
I have updated my system, then add A Third Party PPA to Ubuntu, with the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
but this is what I got
can you guys help me to solve ...
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Are there any rules of thumb about installing and upgrading applications?
OS: Linux Mint 18.3
I'd describe myself as a low intermediate Linux user.
I just spent about 4 hours working out how to upgrade my version of NodeJS. In the end I had to tweak a build script that ...
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Kali Linux ppa:repository
How can I remove repositories in Kali Linux? I have tried
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:whatever/ppa
But I don't know how to apply this to:
Ign:1 //ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu ...
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Adding PPA on Ubuntu Bionic defaults to Eoan Repository
I am working on basing a new OS off of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic, and in order to properly have the OS be recognized as a new distribution, I had to change /etc/lsb-release. In order to have it use PPAs, I ...
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Deepin 15.10 Error: could not find a distribution template for Deepin/stable
When I was trying to install Docker on Deepin 15.10 via package repository, I had this error:
Error: could not find a distribution template for Deepin/stable
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E: Unable to locate package nvidia-graphics-drivers-418
My OS is Deepin 15.10. My GPU is NVIDIA Quadro 3000M. I want to play games on Linux. Steam has a program called Proton which enables this. Proton requires nvidia-418 or higher to work properly, so I ...
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Create private ppa with ubuntu tutorial dont work
i tried to create a private ppa with this tutorial.
Anything seems to work, but after i executed apt update i got the following error message:
GPG error: http://ppa.xyz/bionic/stable/main/binary ...
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PPA addition taking too long
I have a moderately new installation of Linux Mint 19.1. Since I installed it two months ago when I try to add a PPA by sudo add-apt-repository in terminal I get a black screen. At first I thought I ...
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Debian: Updating package with PPA fails with error “gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found”
My operating system is Debian 9.1 with Cinnamon 3.2.7. I installed Audacious (version 3.7.2) from the Package Manager and want to update to the latest released. Per these instructions, I attempted to ...
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How to get rid of a PPA?
Whenever I do "sudo apt update" I am getting eventually:
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/developmentseed/mapbox/ubuntu/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
What I have ...
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Unable to Locate Package? Repository is added!
I'm stuck here.
I'm trying to update java on a corporate machine with strict firewalls.
As such I can't use the ppa command, and added the WebUpd8 repository to my sources list manually:
deb http://...
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How can I refer a launchpad ppa in another?
To build the packages in my launchpad ppa, I want to use dev packages from another ppa.
Can I somehow do it?
asked Jul 30 '18 at 18:06
peterh - Reinstate Monica
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How can I add a PPA with only Ubuntu releases to a Debian machine?
I know (thanks Jim Paris) that I can use add-apt-repository on Debian by first:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
However, I still can't simply run (for example):
sudo add-apt-...
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E: Package 'kate' has no installation candidate
$ sudo apt install kate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package kate is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may ...
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Add Evolution PPA to Linux Mint?
I'm testing Linux Mint, and I want to add https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/3.28.0-4 to the PPA.
How can I do that? Linux Mint only has 3.18.5.2 as the highest version.
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PPAs will not install “sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found”
I am trying to get the Linux distro "PIXEL" to install some PPAS for Wine, and I have run into a issue where it will not install because of the following error:
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not ...
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Why Xenial-based systems (Linux Mint 18.3) are stuck to Plasma 5.8 - but not Neon?
I am in Linux Mint 18.3 KDE with Plasma 5.8 LTS.
Can I install 5.12 LTS? How?
Mint 18.3 has already the kubuntu-ppa/backports PPA enabled but this doesn't go above 5.8 in ubuntu-16.04-based systems. ...
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How to dissect the functionality of a PPA?
I'd like to understand how PPAs such as this work that display a license:
Oracle Java (JDK) 8 / 9 Installer PPA | launchpad.net
Where do you get started in tracing through how this works? Is there a ...
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What is the root cause of “E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.”
Previously, I was getting this error when I merely tried to update. I believe this problem is related to the VLC PPA which has always been total and utter trash on Ubuntu. I had to actually remove a ...
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how to fix “sudo: apt-repository: command not found” in Deepin distro [duplicate]
what I want to achieve is to install Firefox beta channel to update the current version so after running this command
sudo apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next
I got this error
sudo: apt-...
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What is the difference between `get` (Debian's package manager) and a PPA?
I understand that apt-get is Debian's package manager, based on the apt package manager (CLI) interface.
What is the difference between apt-get and PPA's?
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How do i downgrade to Init-System-helper V1.13
How do i downgrade to Init-system-helper V1.13?
I tried to $wget it from here, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/utopic/powerpc/init-system-helpers/1.18
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/i386/...
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S.gpg-agent.browser not found in Debian stretch while adding ppa
I do not know about S.gpg-agent.browser error while adding ppa repository.
Can I get more information for solve this?
add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java (or another repository)
gpg: keybox '/...
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How can I get the latest Thunderbird releases on my Mint 18.2 (= Ubuntu 16.04)
I use Linux Mint 18.2, and I want to use the latest Mozilla Thunderbird version. I was assuming I should be able to find a PPA, but somehow I'm not able to...
I'm looking at: https://launchpad.net/~...
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Install GCC 7 on Ubuntu?
I'm trying to run a test under GCC 7. According to How to install gcc-7 or clang 4.0? on Ubuntu.SE, we can perform the following to install GCC 7 on Ubuntu:
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/...
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Ansible - Junos
I am trying to use ansible with Junos devices, following this doc:
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/junos_command_module.html
I have created the this playbook:
- name: run a set of commands
...
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Problem adding ppa's in Deepin OS 15.4
I am running Deepin OS 15.4, which is based on Debian unstable.
When I type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
I get:
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpeel0gwwr/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/...
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Skipping the hostkey verification in dput/sftp
I would like to use dput to upload a package to a launchpad PPA via sftp. After preparing the data, it all works fine until
please login: To accept ssh-rsa hostkey 6b03de9833252318a646b34722cd54f2 ...
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keyserver receive failed (on every keyserver available)
I recently installed Ubuntu 17.04 and I'm not able to add any ppa.
I tried to manually add keys using different keyservers but on every attempt I'm getting keyserver received error:
$ sudo apt-key ...
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Remove software and PPA's entirely
I have a lot of software installed, from various sources, and I would like to start using Flatpaks instead of PPA's. But how do I remove my current software entirely, with the PPA's and such? This is ...
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:How to install a package behind an overly restricted firewall [duplicate]
EDIT: I know I can download and install manually, but my question is different and not a duplicate.
At my company we have a sand-box area where we have Debian machines. IT has white-listed *.debian....
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How to add xorg-edgers PPA in debian
How do I add the xorg-edgers PPA in debian, without breaking dependencies?
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Can't install packages from PPAs (Elementary OS)
I'm unable to install any packages from PPAs in Elementary OS.
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: ...
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ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'general' when trying to add a repository
When I try to sudo add-apt-repository <any>, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 1387, in <module>
...
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How to install digikam5 on Linux Mint?
After adding the ppa:philip5/extra PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/extra
apt update ; apt upgrade
I attempted to install digikam5 package and got the error:
$ apt install digikam5
…
The ...
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How to remove PPA _compholio_
I trying to remove this PPA without results.
I've Debian 8 as OS and want to remove the PPA since after running
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
it gives the error W: Failed to ...
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Can't add a PPA, stuck at gpg: keybox
I'm on Debian Testing and I'm trying to add a repository with this command:
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
But it eventually gets stuck after it adds the gpg key, like so:
gpg: keybox '/tmp/...
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How to purge and downgrade PPA's packages with a discontinued Ubuntu version
Time ago I tried ppa:oibaf/graphic-drivers with my Linux-Mint installation based on Trusty.
Now I need to go back to my old xorg drivers but neither ppa-purge nor y-ppa-manager would purge the ppa ...
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Why is PPA package not taken into account?
I have added the offical Firefox-next PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
So I get the following config in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/...
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Install Oracle Java 8
I'm trying to install Java 8 on a GitLab Runner like this:
apt-get --quiet update --yes
apt-get --quiet upgrade --yes
apt-get --quiet install --yes software-properties-common python-software-...
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RabbitVCS issue on Mint 17 XFCE
Is there a working package of RabbitVCS for Linux Mint 17.3 XFCE Thunar FM 32 bit?
Following ubuntu section on rabbitvcs wiki, I've gone through the PPA repository option (rabbitvcs-thunar, rabbitvcs-...
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How do I know if I have “foreign” packages left in my Linux
I am on Mint 17.3 Rosa based on Ubuntu Trusty.
I recently purged all PPAs which there were like 20+ of them.
I'd like to check if there are any remnants of PPAs in general, because currently I have ...
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How to remove ppa:ondrej/apache2
I am on Mint 17.3 Rosa and would like to remove the following ppa:ondrej/apache2.
If I run
ppa-purge ppa:ondrej/apache2
it tells me what packages I should replace back with the originals:
Package ...
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How to turn a git repo into a ppa
Suppose I have a git repo, the instructions for building are:
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential git mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libsamplerate0-dev
cd ~
wget http://download.qt....
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Install Xen 4.6 on Debian jessie
I need to install Xen with LVM on my dedicated root server.
The current version Xen 4.4 in Debian jessie does not support the new Skylake intel processors.
I tried Debian stretch, which has Xen 4.6 ...
