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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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 (= ...
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Error Installing Grails - Unmet Dependencies
I am installing Grails on 12.10, using the instructions on grails.org, but am getting an error on the 3rd step, as outlined below.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:groovy-dev/grails
sudo apt-get ...
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The update information is outdated: Grumbel PPA [duplicate]
The red warning triangle has reared its ugly head in the corner of my screen. It says:
The Update information is outdated. This may be cause my network
problems or by a repository that is no ...
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how to do a pbuilder-dist build with dependencies in a ppa?
I'm trying to build a package for my ppa that uses packages from two other ppas. I want to do a test build using pbuilder-dist. I have done this before and I know that I need a combination of:
...
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error while installing gnome shell
I have a problem with gnome shell while I'm trying to install it by terminal.
This is the error message that I get:
emanodeh@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
[sudo] password ...
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Kubuntu and KDE 4.10 PPA
I have messed up my installation, while trying to update to KDE 4.10. I added the backports PPA (ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports) and apparently did the upgrade. However, it looks like it was just partial. ...
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What happened to php-5.4.11 from Ondrej PPA? [closed]
I am in 12.04 so I added Ondrej's PPA to get PHP 5.4. So far so good but php-5.4.12 seems to be broken with our code and after a while of struggling I decided to downgrade to php-5.4.11 but apt-cache ...
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Fix gear icon in Libreoffice 4 from ppa
I installed libreoffice 4 from the supply debs in their website, because it didn't have unity integration I decided to completely uninstall it.
Today I saw the ppa has libreoffice 4 with support for ...
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changing a ppa from dev to stable safely
ubuntu comes with firefox (stable) built-in. I wanted to try Aurora, so I added ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora to the source list and upgraded this way :
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Is there a current nvidia driver package from xorg-edgers?
Is there any current nvidia package (like nvidia-current) on xorg-edgers ppa for Ubuntu quantal?
I cant see any, i just found nvidia-310 and nvida-313
Maybe another ppa?
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How can I search available PPA packages and get a list sorted by version number?
It is possible to search through the available PPAs on this web page, but is there any way to perform this search and get a list of PPAs sorted according to the version number and/or date of the most ...
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Command-line way to view information about a PPA?
Lets imagine I have a added a repository called ppa:something/amazing, but I have forgotten what the PPA was all about and the name of the PPA is too vague or the PPA is a very large one. I want to ...
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Ubuntu Mobile SDK on Oneiric
When I try to install Ubuntu Mobile SDK on 11.10, updating repositoeis gives 404 that libs do not exists in /oneiric/
W: Failed to fetch
htt ://ppa ...
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missing PPA Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 right now, and when I ran the update through the terminal I got the following:
michael@michael-Inspiron-6000:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for michael:
Ign ...
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How to revert libdrm without causing dependency issues?
I've been experiencing severe stability issues for the past couple days, and I've narrowed it down to being a part of X, since everything goes back to normal for a bit when I restart lightdm.
I use ...
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Unable to install Unity Revamped (ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped)
I intend to use a forked version of unity (ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped) over the original one. The problem I'm facing is that the forked version is 5.18.0-0ubuntu1 and the original one is ...
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files missing from my PPA package
Summary: Uploaded by first attempt at a package to my PPA; after the launchpad build the package, I found that files are missing from the resulting deb package.
My PPA: ...
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How can I put games on a USB stick for a LAN party?
Soon, I'll be attending a LAN party. There will be a couple of laptops, of which some have Windows 7 installed, and some Ubuntu 12.04. None of these laptops are connected to the internet.
I want to ...
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Removed repository still being showed in synaptic origin section
I'm sure to have correctly purged a certaing ppa: it doesn't anymore appear in sources.list nor in sources.list.d folder.
It doesn't even appear in Synaptic's repository list, but if I open the ...
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Packaging for multiple releases of Ubuntu [duplicate]
When putting a package in a PPA, how can I support multiple versions of Ubuntu through the same PPA? Is there a way to say that a package is compatible with all releases? Or is there a way to upload ...
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libglib version confusion breaks update manager / gnome 3
I've been 'experimenting' with gnome 3 and conky on 12.04.01 and Gnome has fallen and it can't get up. Software Update no longer works. It seems to be a version dependency thing.
This appears now ...
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Failed to download repository information. No PPA [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Trying to update my Ubuntu 12.04 i've been getting this error
Failed to download repository information Check your Internet ...
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problem to update ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
When trying to update Ubuntu, I receive the following failed error message.
W:Failed to fetch http:// ...
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Where to publish useful customised functions
I have started to write a customise function, that encapsulates a bunch of actions that make my daily work easier.
A few questions about sharing the function with the community:
What would be the ...
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Can't update or remove PostgreSQL 9.1
The last update of PostgreSQL 9.1.7 seems to break my APT.
When I try to update, I get the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen finite loop and keep end my session
The difference between this issue and other threads about: "login screen loop" is that in my case it's a finite loop which means it runs five times and then I can type my password and start my ...
