PPA are personal package archives that allows users and groups in launchpad to make packages available to the public. PPAs can be added with a terminal command or through Software Sources.
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Safe to install from daily build PPA?
I have the dash blur bug which appears to be common to users of 13.04 with integrated intel graphics. https://bugs.launchpad.net/nux/+bug/1087534
In that bug report people suggest upgrading ...
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xserver-xorg-video-intel in ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
I have two 12.04 , both update to 12.04.2 with kernel 3.2.0-43-generic.
Both are using ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates .
I find I install xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.20 in one 12.04 , 2.19 in the other ...
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Cannot access PPA… please check your internet connection
i've tried to add a repository with:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppaCannot access PPA
but the system echoed:
Cannot access PPA ...
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How can I install an older version of LOVE Games Development?
I want to play OMG!Words (Check the last game in the article) but I can't get it to run because it needs LOVE 0.7 and the ppa I added has the latest stable version, LOVE 0.8.0. My version of Ubuntu is ...
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PPA for Android Studio?
Android Studio was released a few days ago and it's still in early access preview, but I would like to know if there is any PPA I could add to my Ubuntu Raring to automatically keep it updated with ...
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Need help adding a PPA
This is the command i am typing in the terminal.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gregory-halnaut/pcsx2.official.ppa
And this is the reply I am getting.
Cannot access PPA ...
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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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What does 'Ign' mean when running an apt-get update?
I had a bunch of errors in the output of sudo apt-get update: duplicate entries and 404 not found errors.
Figured those out, I hope: I removed PPAs that didn't have any packages associated with ...
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LibreOffice PPA in 12.04 update?
I added ppa:libreoffice/ppa to my 12.04 install so I could install LO 4, and my only question is: Will LO update through the ppa by itself when a new version is out, or will I have to do it manually?
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Assign higher priority to PPA
I'm trying to figure out how to assign higher priority to one PPA over another PPA. I had a look on bunch of the answers on this forum but none of them solves my problem.
We have two PPA sources on ...
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Can't add any ppa in 13.04
I've made a clean install of 13.04 and just can't add any ppa I try. The output is always the same, something about my internet connection (that works fine with anything else). Heres an example (sorry ...
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How can I add a PPA from a previous release?
I've been trying to get vim with the breakindent patch applied, but it's only available through Quantal, and I'm running Raring. Is there a way to force-install a PPA from a previous release? I tried ...
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Should I update the Ubuntu release name for PPAs?
Does it matter that I have files like webupd8team-jupiter-precise.list in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder if I'm using raring? Should I update the sources inside to say raring instead of precise or ...
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Ghdl in Ubuntu 13.04
Just installed Ubuntu 13.04 after formating my laptop, and for some reason I can not install ghdl. After adding the ppa with this command :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pgavin/ghdl
everything is ...
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How to find the ppa of a package?
For example, with a webpage like this: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype, how can I find out to which ppa this package belongs? Thanks!
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How can I upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10 without a PAE enabled CPU?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04, and want to upgrade to 12.10. I understand that because my cpu doesn't have PAE, I need to install fake-pae. Because I am new to this, I don't quite know how to do this. I ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid and last PHP release
I'm trying to install the last PHP stable release as a package. Currently what ubuntu packages provides is:
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.19 with Suhosin-Patch
However, I want at least PHP 5.3.3 or PHP ...
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13.04 Screen Scrolling at 1920x1080
I updated from 12.10 to 13.04 a couple days ago and I have a scrolling screen at 1920x1080. All of the other resolutions work fine though. 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Controller is what lspci is giving ...
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Updating problems Ubuntu 12.10
Whenever I try to update my computer by opening the Update Manager I get this problem and it just closes. Can someone help me?
W:GPG error: http:/packages.medibuntu.org quantal InRelease: The ...
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Why is linux-image-extra missing from 3.8.9 onwards?
I've been using kernels from Ubuntu kernel team PPA for some time now. I have setup a script that wget's all the four files required for my setup: all the amd64+all headers, total of 4 files. Kernel ...
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Gnome Screenshot Gray Screen in Ubuntu 13.04
I am running Ubuntu 13.04, with the Gnome3 PPA (ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3) enabled. Before installing updates from the PPA, gnome-screenshot works fine. After updating (from the PPA) to gnome-screenshot ...
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How can I install git-annex assistant
I install recently git annex in ubuntu 12.10 using APT. However, the package seems to be built without the assistant support.
Is there a PPA or another way of installing it ? I'd rather avoid ...
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Index files failed to download - how to remove [duplicate]
update has been giving me this error
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/caffeine-developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch ...
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How prioritize the source of a package?
I wanna install Haguichi from the PPA recommended repository here, but looking a repository is there a Rhythmbox version too, it is possible add the repository only for Haguichi and that Rhythmbox ...
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how can i fix that FAILED TO DOWNLOAD REPOSITORY INFORMATION when upgrading [duplicate]
When upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, always see that.
How can i fix that? No problem with the internet.
That's details
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Repository for main PKGS appears to be missing in Raring 13.04 [duplicate]
It Appears since installing Raring that whenever I try to install any pkgs I always recieve a pkg not found error.
I have checked that all the PPA Repository's are ticked but I am still unable to ...
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Upgrading my siystem from 12.10 to 13.04 [duplicate]
I've been trying to upgrade my system since a while and all the only thing that I get from the Software Update Manager is
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 background is white when handled by file manager, and has no background when it is not [duplicate]
Long story short, I installed Ubuntu 13.04, and added the Gnome PPA but after installation I realized that the background was now white/grey. I tried ppa purging the gnome ppa but it failed. Upon ...
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Getting errors with Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 after upgrading to Gnome 3.8 [closed]
I've installed today the final version of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 (fresh install, no upgrades), and right after I added the Gnome PPA and updated it to Gnome 3.8, I'm getting errors. Software Center gives ...
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Updated PPA for Gparted
I am looking for a PPA that has an updated version of GPARTED. The one in the official repositories is very old (Version 0.12.1). Since then, there has been 10 new versions. The last one was the 0.16 ...
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Gnome 3.8 (Ubuntu Gnome 13.04) won't start after boot. Where to look for logs of this kind?
Until yesterday everything was going alright on ubuntu gnome 13.04 with gnome 3.8 from gnome3-team ppa.
Today I cannot log in again. After booting, it hangs on the blue desktop from GDM and nothing ...
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xorg-edgers PPA doesn't seem to include fglrx-installer package
I'm trying to use the xorg-edgers PPA to install the latest ATI drivers on my laptop:
https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
According to that link there is a package named fglrx-installer ...
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Unable to install Netflix
I have tried to install Netflix but I get stuck
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop
after the 3rd command I get a disclaimer but ...
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apt-get update throws 404 errors [duplicate]
When trying to run apt-get update some some "404 not found" errors are showing up. The first of them is:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Unable install cmake and ccmake?
So the thing is I'm trying to install Cmake and cmake-curses-gui.
I have updated the system with apt-get-update.
sudo apt-get install cmake
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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Find source of Partial Upgrade dialog in 12.10
I'm running Xubuntu 12.10 and started getting the "Partial Upgrade" dialog from Software Updater a few weeks ago. I did some reading, and from what I understand, this can solve itself within a short ...
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Netflix wont work without NEW silverlight update [duplicate]
ive looked through the answered questions here and none of the solutions work. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, 64 bit on a System 76 lemur ultra.
netflix was working fine up until about 2 or 3 days ago, ...
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Quickly tutorial section 4 will be availabe?
quickly tutorial
read to the end
Now that I have my package
Now that you have a package
Now that you've packaged your application, you can share the .deb file. However, if your users install your ...
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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 edit a backported package before uploading it to a PPA?
I'm attempting to backport Clang 3.2 to Quantal from Raring. Thinking this would be a relatively painless process, I ran the following command:
backportpackage -s raring -d quantal -u ...
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/usr/lib/apt/methods/ppa could not be found
After using Ubuntu 12.10 for two weeks I ran into problems updating the package database. Running sudo apt-get update returns the following error:
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ppa could ...
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Recent Qt repository
Is there any repository for latest Qt versions (recent version is 5.0.1 while ubuntu has 4.8) ?
PS
I found this PPA but it tagged as [deprecated]!!!, so I'm wondering what if there is official one ...
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Unofficial/Local repositories and how do they differ from PPAs in Launchpad
I normally tend to use the PPAs (Personal Package Archives) found in launchpad.net, but I have noticed more and more that some repositories are being created in other places or a website that manages ...
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GCC 4.8 / MINGW W64 4.8
There is a PPA where I can find these packages for 12.04? Also a build script will do the job!
I've tried to download it from sources but the dependencies are a mess.
I'd like to start porting my ...
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How to install new tmux 1.8 on Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04?
Are there any PPA?
If no, how to make it from sources? Which dev libs I'll need to do this?
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Serious Installation Problem [duplicate]
I use ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It was all well. But suddenly from yesterday whenever I try to install something it shows:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: ...
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Updates for Ubuntu 11.10
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS after but after noticing degraded performance and several bugs in 12.04. I downgraded back to 11.10 which now zips along quite fine as before, on ...
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Strange jdownloader ppa package behavior [duplicate]
Trying to install Jdownloader like on this page
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader-installer
After commands above I get following ...
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How do I get the plasmoid repository
I had a load of plasmoids, beginning with plasma-widget- and kde-applet and kde-plasmoid-, which I think I had added from a PPA, but I can't for the life of me find which one it is (I did a fresh ...
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Problem with installing nodejs-waf in ubuntu [duplicate]
Trying to install nodejs-waf using command sudo apt-get install nodejs-devis giving the following error message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nodejs-dev : Depends: nodejs (= ...
