Questions related to Launchpad.net, the website that is used for most Ubuntu open source projects.
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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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Why can't I connect to xmlrpc.launchpad.net?
I tried to check out the source code of opencog(cogbuntu) using bazaar using the commands they had mentioned in their wiki.
This is the code entered in the terminal
bzr branch -r40 lp:cogbuntu ...
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Space escape character in Debian Makefiles
I'm currently trying to upload a package onto Launchpad's PPA service but I'm having problems with a path name which includes a space character. I'm trying to make a file install into a directory with ...
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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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'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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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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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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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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Launchpad fails to build a package for my PPA
I'm trying to build a package on Launchpad's Debian build system for PPAs but I'm having some issues with a certain package.
The package I'm trying to build (zorin-xwinwrap) contains a source C file ...
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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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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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How to create a PPA package from existing launchpad source package?
There a source package for ruby1.9.1 versioned 1.9.3.194-1 on launchpad.net, at:
https://launchpad.net/debian/sid/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.194-1/
How do I upload this to my PPA and compiling it for ...
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How should one try and fix bugs in Ubuntu?
Given that it can take ages for the software engineers at Ubuntu to fix bugs once they are filed, if the user himself or herself wants to fix the bugs in ones system, what are the steps that he or she ...
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Pushing custom updates to Ubuntu remixes
I've created a custom distribution of Ubuntu (a "remix") that I'd like to start distributing, but want to continue improving via updates.
Any suggestions on the best methods of pushing custom ...
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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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Changing Launchpad username, and How to know what sites will be affected?
I am setting up my developer profile on Launchpad, and would like to change my username so it would be same as other sites I use, as well as better reflect me as a person. (that's a much more ...
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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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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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Problem with apport / launchpad. After a crash no crash report upload and no browser windows open
For some time after a crash, no more data to be uploaded lauchpad and no longer open in the browser window.
In this specific case, I've got a 13.1 MB big crash report in / var / crash compiz from a ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Trouble getting Accomplishments for things I've already done
I can't get Ubuntu accomplishments to recognize my past deeds. First and foremost, even though I've setup the email address for my launchpad account, it still does not recognize that I have ...
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apport-collect fails with “certificate verify failed” when trying to report a bug on launchpad
I am trying to report a bug but I get
root@beagle:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport# apport-collect <bug_id>
ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: [Errno 1] _ssl.c:504: ...
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Invalid OpenID transaction on launchpad
When I try to log in to Launchpad, all I get is > Invalid OpenID transaction. I have cookies enabled, so that can't be the problem.
