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Questions tagged [ppa]
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How to add repository from shell in Debian?
In Ubuntu one can add a repository via following command -
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
As Ubuntu is based on Debian code base, I was expecting that the same would work in Debian too, but it doesn't.
What is the reason for…
Kshitiz Sharma
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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 adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80…
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Now that apt-key is deprecated, how do you add an Ubuntu PPA as a Debian APT source?
Background
In the past, if you wanted to install software from an Ubuntu PPA in Debian, the approach was to
import/trust the developer's GPG key from keyserver.ubuntu.com,
$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com…
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How can I publish a deb package?
I don't know much about packaging and it took me a a week to create a working deb for my software. Now I need a way for people to install it and I don't want to just create a download link for the deb. How can I do this? I considered a ppa, but all…
AnanthaKrishna K
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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/test && apt-get update && apt-get install -y…
user56041
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Unable to add PPA repository from terminal
I am trying to install ap-hotspot on Ubuntu-14.04
When I enter the command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
It gives me this message
"Cannot add PPA: 'ppa"nilarimogard/webupd8'
Please check that the PPA name and format is…
Vijay Singh
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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 broke apt, but then I accidentally walked away…
Zach
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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 update by entering the following commands:
sudo…
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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/tmpeel0gwwr/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key…
The_Encoder
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Apt fails with "The repository does not have a Release File"
I recently tried installing surfshark-vpn and openvpn3 using the following guides.
https://surfshark.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-on-linux
https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/openvpn-3-client-for-linux/ (I feel like something in this guide might be the…
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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
Jankrloz Navarrete
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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 for ppa.launchpad.net type "yes": [yes, no]:
Typing…
Nico Schlömer
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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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ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'general' when trying to add a repository
When I try to sudo add-apt-repository , I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintSources/mintSources.py", line 1387, in
codename = config_parser.get("general", "base_codename")
File…
Bloke
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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 had to add a file to…
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