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I know that exists the same question, but I think that in that question there isn't the answer. I have to purge some ppas, and I'm trying to use ppa-purge with this command:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:<ppa_name>/ppa

But what is the ppa_name?? I have this (bad) sources.list.d

danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list       google-chrome.list.save                      n-muench-vlc-precise.list                 videolan-stable-daily-precise.list.save
danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list.save  jockey.list                                  n-muench-vlc-precise.list.save            webupd8team-unstable-precise.list
dropbox.list                                         jockey.list.save                             relan-exfat-precise.list                  webupd8team-unstable-precise.list.save
dropbox.list.save                                    langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list             relan-exfat-precise.list.save             wine-wine-builds-precise.list
freefilesync-ffs-precise.list                        langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list.save        thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list       wine-wine-builds-precise.list.save
freefilesync-ffs-precise.list.save                   lubuntu-dev-lubuntu-daily-precise.list       thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list.save
google-chrome.list                                   lubuntu-dev-lubuntu-daily-precise.list.save  videolan-stable-daily-precise.list

But I don't know the name, for example:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu/ppa
Updating packages lists
PPA to be removed: lubuntu ppa
Warning:  Could not find package list for PPA: lubuntu ppa

Edit

/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ grep ppa /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list.save:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/danielrichter2007-grub-customizer-precise.list.save:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/freefilesync-ffs-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freefilesync/ffs/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/freefilesync-ffs-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freefilesync/ffs/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/freefilesync-ffs-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freefilesync/ffs/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/freefilesync-ffs-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freefilesync/ffs/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/langdalepl-gvfs-mtp-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/langdalepl/gvfs-mtp/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lubuntu-dev-lubuntu-daily-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/n-muench-vlc-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/vlc/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/relan-exfat-precise.list:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/relan-exfat-precise.list:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/relan-exfat-precise.list.save:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/relan-exfat-precise.list.save:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/relan/exfat/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list.save:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/thefanclub-grive-tools-precise.list.save:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-stable-daily-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-unstable-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-unstable-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-unstable-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-unstable-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-wine-builds-precise.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-wine-builds-precise.list:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-wine-builds-precise.list.save:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu precise main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wine-wine-builds-precise.list.save:deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu precise main
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  • You need to see what is in these lists for ppa url.
    – Pilot6
    Feb 4, 2016 at 19:58
  • You need to type this: sudo apt-get purge ppa nameofit
    – Michael
    Feb 4, 2016 at 19:59
  • @Pilot6 edited my question. Michael the command doesn't work
    – linofex
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:02

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You need to look into the list files. It many distributions it is found under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

For instance, I have a java ppa. The list is webupd8team-java-trusty.list.

It contains:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main

So the ppa-purge command will look this way:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:webupd8team/java

For your "lubuntu" ppa the command is:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily

The <ppa-name> is after http://ppa.launchpad.net/ and before the distro name.

If you still get errors, then your list is damaged. You can always add a PPA then purge it, e.g.:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily
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  • the error persists: sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily Updating packages lists PPA to be removed: lubuntu-dev lubuntu-daily Warning: Could not find package list for PPA: lubuntu-dev lubuntu-daily
    – linofex
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:10
  • It works for me on that ppa. I added it and purged.
    – Pilot6
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:13
  • In your case you do not have lubuntu-dev-lubuntu-daily-precise.list in the last output. Did you delete it after the first one? Try another ppa, or re-add that ppa.
    – Pilot6
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:15
  • for some ppa works, but not for all
    – linofex
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:15
  • You probably manually deleted some lists.
    – Pilot6
    Feb 4, 2016 at 20:15

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