Questions related to Launchpad.net, the website that is used for most Ubuntu open source projects.
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how to find out what versions of a package from a launchpad repository are available with apt-get
If I go to the following web page
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+publishinghistory
there are a number of versions of gedit listed for the distribution "raring" (3.6.0-0ubuntu1, ...
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Launchpad failed to fetch error
I've been having this bug since I installed the program rawstudio, with a launchpad ppa repository.
I've looked online and found an official solution for the problem: ...
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Bazaar Will not allow Launchpad login
I am trying to set-up a working environment for application development on my lubuntu 12.04 system using this guide.
But upon entering the command bzr launchpad-login mylaunchpadid, I am given an ...
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error processing linux-generic-lts-quantal, dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
This happened during this mornings dist-upgrade along with apport failure.
:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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Unity .desktop Actions internationalization and localization?
How can we translate Desktop Action Names? Is it supported by quickly, launchpad?
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How to find out the package download count from a PPA?
I'd like to know how many downloads of a given package in a PPA there have been since it was first published.
I remember there was a bug about it about getting these metrics on the web UI, but as far ...
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Launchpad packaging: Found files in /usr/local (must be in /usr)
Trying to package software for precise and I usually installed into /usr/local to avoid clashes with /usr — but we can no longer. The package builds in pbuilder, but not on launchpad.
Up until ...
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How to see/list history of all wiki contributions/edits by an author/user in wiki.ubuntu.com (MoinMoin?)
I have logged in some time ago in wiki.ubuntu.com, making some edits. Now I have logged in again (always via my Launchpad ID) - and when I click on my username, all I get is some preferences, as ...
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How do I upload a .css file to launchpad
I am trying to upload a framework.css file to launchpad with the following command:
dput ppa:blade19899/framework.css framework.css_2.0_source.changes
but according to this answer source.changes ...
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'apt-get update' fails when using proxy
Using apt-get update I am getting
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch
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How to keep version number in a single place in a python project with setup.py and debian/control
For a python project I'm working on, I'd like to:
Keep a version string in a single place.
Be able get the version string at runtime for logging purposes
Get a default value when launching the code ...
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Changed username in launchpad and now my re-installs do not work
A couple of days back I changed my username on launchpad because it had my full name (with initials). The problem is that before I did that I went to Humble Bundle and associated those purchases with ...
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reupload package to launchpad with orig.tar.gz changed
I uploaded a package geos-3.3.8.orig.tar.gz to launchpad with success, but the build failed because a mistake in the source code, then I have changed my geos-3.3.8.orig.tar.gz with the right code, and ...
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Launchpad builds my package but don't put it into PPA
I'm uploading my source package to launchpad. Source package is accepted and build succeed, though launchpad do not upload my package into repository with this error:
INFO Failed to parse changes ...
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Launchpad gives Error “timeout” when I try to start working on translations
An hour ago Launchpad log me correctly and then I try to continue to select the package for translation, after that connection is closed( it is possible to browse other web sites but I can't access ...
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Is there a bzr command to see all branches of a project on Launchpad?
If you visit a project on Launchpad, you can see all active branches of all developers involved in a project.
Is there a bzr command to do the same without visiting Launchpad in a browser?
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Difficulties updating Launchpad / Software Updater errors
I reference a text file thru out this question. It can be found here.
Fairly new user, forgive me if this has already been answered. I've done some searching first, but nothing quite matches up. The ...
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Who is ubuntu-etherpad and why did they take ownership of my bzr branch?
I created a project in bazaar:
# - On Effex - Desktop
cd ~/Proj
bzr init-repo cups-pdf
bzr branch ubuntu:precise/cups-pdf precise
bzr branch ubuntu:quantal/cups-pdf quantal
bzr branch ...
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The bug reporting process prevents me from reporting my bug
I read through the Reporing Bugs Community Wiki. I am unsure exactly what kind of package to report my bug against. The problem is that my USB sound device will only work if connected at boot, but not ...
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Launchpad .net delays in building package
Are 4 hour wait times for compilation normal? Is there anything I can do to minimize the lag time?
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Ubuntu+bazaar, update openerp through command line
I have the following enviroment:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
OpenERP 7.0
bazaar 2.5.1
In relation to a bug found on the OperErp 7. There is a patch, some user already tested and it seems to work. I installed ...
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Launchpad build error - missing libgtk3
I've just tried to upload my first ubuntu package to ppa and I got:
dh_strip debug symbol extraction: disabling for PPA build
dh_strip debug symbol extraction: not doing anything since NO_PKG_MANGLE ...
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Is it possible to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, 2.0 in I already signed 1.1?
I am currently trying to sign the Ubuntu CoC, version 2.0, and I have already signed 1.1. When I visit http://launchpad.net/codeofconduct, I am told:
The current version is 2.0, released ...
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Uploading quickly packages to Launchpad
I created an application using Quickly and packaged it using the command quickly package. But after I uploaded it to my PPA, I got a message from Launchpad saying:
Rejected:
Source/binary (i.e. ...
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Contributing to the package or the upstream branch?
While learning about Ubuntu development & packaging, there's one part that's not quite clear to me. So, let's say we're in the middle of active development (e.g. Raring) before feature freeze and ...
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What package to file general (usability) bug against?
I am experiencing a bug where on first login to an Ubuntu/Unity session (12.04), my mouse buttons are not inverted (left-handed). The configuration does correctly list them as inverted, but they don't ...
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Upload for a PPA
I used quickly to pack my applications. When I type quickly share, the quickly upload my application using the public-1 as suffix. I tried ty upload using the dput ppa:name/repository changes but ...
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From launchpad code branch to ppa
I want to
Go to a known project in a launchpad branch
Modify a small parameter in the code/configuration
Build the new thing into a ppa
I get most of that, but the < source.changes > in
$ ...
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How to set up Launchpad to import from GitHub?
I'm setting up my first Launchpad project.
In this case I would like to import from the Master branch from my GitHub project - the default branch is not Master - it is a release branch currently ...
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Can I use the Launchpad translation service for my GitHub project?
For historical reasons, the project I co-author is on GitHub and we feel comfortable with its development processes. Thus we don't particularly want to migrate the whole project to Launchpad and ...
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Whom should I ask to update a package to a new upstream release?
Whom should I ask for upgrading the particular package, if there is a new upstream release?
Should I file a bug report?
What if the package is maintained by Debian maintainers? Should I leave a ...
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Packaging and uploading qt application [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a debian source package with QT Creator?
OK... I am now almost at the end of my nerves... and I'm just going to give up if somebody don't help me. I've ...
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Getting older packages from ppa
Can I install an older version of a specific package from a ppa? Specifically, I want to get an older version of xserver-xorg-video-intel (and dependencies) from xorg-edgers ppa. The reason is that ...
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How can I browse linux kernel package source like I can other packages on Launchpad?
I want to go here https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux and see how the kernel is packaged. Specifically I think there may be an old debian patch still in there that is affecting my ...
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Is there an easy way to automatically patch ubuntu sources as they become available and upload to a PPA?
I'm looking for a tool to do the following:
Automatically detect updates to a set of source packages (specifically gtk+2 and gtk+3)
download the source package
apply my own custom patches to the ...
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Automatically sign package files from debuild and upload with dput
I've created a source package for I library I'm working on. I use debuild to build it and then I can successfully upload it with dput.
Now I want to set it up so that I can do this automatically ...
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Can we use svn2cl on launchpad buildbots?
I've done a build bot for doxbox and currently i'm merging a packaging bzr repo - but that repo has the changelog outdated - and i don't want to have to maintain it.
I've read dosbox autogenerates ...
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How to add another OpenPGP key to launchpad? [closed]
I created a gpg key on a remote server of mine, and I'd like to register that key with launchpad. To this end, I first added it to the Ubuntu key servers. I verified that it is uploaded correctly by
...
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Add dependency from ppa to package
I'am building simple dropdown terminal emulator application with PythonGI + GTK+3.0, I am using libkeybinder3.0 and gir1.2-keybinder3.0 packages for global keybinding these packages not available in ...
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Proof Identify stolen computer getting computer identification info from Launchpad bugs and comparing
I sold my old laptop to neighbours and it was stolen from them. Well i think i have found thief so i want to check his computer id and compare it to my old Launchpad bugs id.
How in Launchpad i can ...
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Is it possible to use bzr on Launchpad without using port 22?
I'm trying to pull from and push to bazaar branches hosted at launchpad.net but my internet provider is blocking port 22. Is it possible to use port 80 or 443 instead?
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How to add ppa repositorys? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are PPAs and how do I use them?
I always like to have my programs up to date but in ubuntu software center the software aren't always up to date.
I know about ...
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How to report a system bug
I'm dealing with this issue: Ubuntu won't shutdown (VirtualBox kernel modules)
and I almost lost my nerves when I wanted to report a bug. I'm studying this "How to report a bug" topic for two ...
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Set default JDK version on Launchpad packaging system
Hello there for my application I need to set the default JDK for building my packages. Normally I would execute
sudo update-alternatives --config java
But how to do something like this in ...
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Does the ATI graphic problem from 12.04 listed as bug 725580 still exist in 12.10?
Some ATI graphics cards have problems in 12.04. The Launchpad bug 725580 lists Radeon 9200 and I know from experience that HD 6530D has these issues as well. These are also listed in 12.04 Release ...
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How do I package a Unity lens? [duplicate]
I'm new to Ubuntu apps and Launchpad. I've created a Unity lens using Quickly, but I'm stuck on how to deploy it. I have two questions.
I can create a .deb file using quickly package, but when I ...
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Redirecting packages when migrating PPAs
I have some packages in a PPA and, now, have created a group PPA. Is there a way to put in a redirect such that anyone installing package foo from ppa:jrhacker/ppa can be redirected to ppa:initech/ppa ...
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How do I install Myunity on 12.10?
Basically as is the title how do you install Myunity on 12.10? I've tried adding the repository ppa:myunity/ppa and performing:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:myunity/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo ...
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Where on the launchpad page given in the description is the ppa of openoffice that I need to add to get the repository?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/amd64/openoffice.org/1:3.3.0-7ubuntu7
Please help me I've spent hours trying to figure out how to install openoffice on Quantal Ubuntu 12.10 and it is driving me ...
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Where are bug reports saved?
where are bug reports from ubuntu-bug saved? Or how can I upload ubuntu-bug files as further information in launchpad?
