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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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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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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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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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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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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I can't add PPA repository behind the proxy
I'm trying to add the ppa repository (as a root) with the following command:
export HTTP_PROXY="http://firstname.surname@xxx.com:my_pass@165.x.x.232:8080"
add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
...
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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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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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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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How do I use the Mythbuntu repository on a headless server?
I would like to set up my server to use the Mythbuntu repositories to keep MythTV more up to date than the version in the offical Ubuntu repositories.
I know I can install mythbuntu-control-centre on ...
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Should I install programs from a source tarball (`.tar.gz`), from the Ubuntu Software Centre, or from elsewhere?
There are several ways to install an application in Ubuntu:
You can download a source tarball (generally a .tar.gz or a .tar.bz2 file) and install it manually. (See How to install a .tar.gz (or ...
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create PPA source package from existing .deb package
i wanna modify some files in .deb package and upload it to my PPA,
is that possible and how to ?
Thanks in advance
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How do I check whether a PPA package has been tampered with?
I want to use a recent package from a PPA. How do I make sure that the PPA maintainer hasn't added any malicious code in the version provided there?
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Can't install several development libraries
I can't install several packages. Here's what happened. I installed Ubuntu 12.04, added ppa:ricotz/testing and then upgraded to 12.10. My system works fine, but apt-get build-dep gnome-terminal for ...
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How to create a .deb package from compiled source files?
Question:
Mono 3.0 is out, but I found no ppa from where I could install it.
There is this one:
https://launchpad.net/~directhex/+ppa-packages
but it's mono 2.10.8.1-5.
I'm playing with ASP.NET ...
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How can I determine which Private PPAs are slowing down updates?
I've several PPA installed on my system. Every time I perform an apt-get update there's a moment in which the updating process remains stuck in this position (it lasts almost a minute):
Ign ...
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Cannot add ANY new ppa on ubuntu 10.04
this is an example:
add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpEVJtjw/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpEVJtjw/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 1378B444 from ...
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How do I copy packages within a PPA from one release to another? (nonsensical “same version already has published binaries” error)
I keep getting weird errors from launchpad when I try and copy the Maverick packages to Natty for the PPA. I select the wine1.3 package (not in Ubuntu), select "copy to this PPA", and then select ...
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How do I refresh software sources after adding a PPA
I'm looking to learn a new way to update sources without having to revert to the terminal or the software updater. When I'm trying to explain how to add a PPA to new users it sounds really silly ...
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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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Official Daily PPA for Unity?
I found couple of blocker bugs in Unity which came installed in 12.10 and swtiched to GNOME Shell.
Is there official ppa for Unity to check if developers fixed the bugs already?
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How do I fix “E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 'X' in source list” error?
This is the error I'm getting from using sudo apt-get update
E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tiheum-equinox-precise.list
How can I fix this?
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How do I add the latex backport PPAs to synaptic in 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?
I would like to synaptic to have access to the repository files on this website:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html
I ...
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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 do I locate and remove Broken Packages that I have installed?
I was browsing some questions here to find a solution to locating and removing broken packages. Being a relative novice I installed some PPAs designed for 11.10 on my 12.04 LTS machine. In terminal ...
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What is the linux-image-extra package for and do I need it?
Good day everyone, I occasionally update my kernel from this web site
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
I have been always downloading 3 deb files for installing
linux header all, linux ...
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How do I install Ubuntu-Tweak?
I have heard a lot about Ubuntu-Tweak and how it is great for power users, but I don't know how to install it.
How do I do that?
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Can source code PPA be safely deleted?
So I was wondering.. Whenever you add an PPA, you always get 2 entries. One "normal" PPA and a source code PPA (the one that says (source) at the end of the line). Since I am normally not interested ...
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Looking for third party armel repositories [closed]
I know that there are no PPA's which support arm as of yet but I would like a list of any repositories that do support arm which will be relatively compatible for the Xubuntu-arm 12.04 system I am ...
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Why does update manager not work when PPA is unavailbale? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
I have several PPAs in my package list.
Apparently, some of these are not accessible anymore after the last system upgrade.
Now ...
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errors building deb package
i'm author of a small open-source database library and want to supply .deb packages through my ppa. I have a couple of problems. I followed the documentation and several tutorials and created a ...
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How can several branches be nested in the same directory in a bzr-builder recipe?
I have the following recipe:
# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version 7.0+{revno}
lp:~bitglue/openobject-server/7.0
nest addons lp:~bitglue/openobject-addons/7.0 openerp/addons
nest-part web ...
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How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
PPA seems to be constantly offline.
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ 404 Not Found
How do I fix these errors?
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Can't update error E type libe 58
Can't open update manger,package manager or software center.
The following code appears when I attempt to launch the above:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem ...
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Is there a repository (ppa) that collects closed-source, non-free software?
If I am not mistaken, programs like Spotify or Steam are not included in any of the Ubuntu repositories (main, restricted, ...). And I guess they will never be?
Correct me if I am wrong.
If I am ...
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Why does Launchpad fail to find 'glib-compile-schemas' while building for PPA?
So, I'm trying to publish my app in my PPA, but I'm having problems related with building my app. Here you have the output:
/bin/sh: 1: glib-compile-schemas: not found
make[1]: *** ...
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Problems uploading package to launchpad due to “checksum mismatch” error
I'm having a lot of problems uploading my showdown project to a PPA.
I've setup correctly PGP keys and my public ssh key to launchpad. I've packaged with debuild my C++ project, producing a source ...
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Unable to update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Im unable to update as i keep getting this error:
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Failed to fetch PPA Error (Deluge) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
How do I fix this error?
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources ...
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How to browse or search software package list with the right version naming?
I want to install a specific version of ipython (0.13.1), but it kept telling me that particular version does not exist. I am wondering if I am using the wrong version name, so it can not match the ...
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Limit which packages can be installed through a PPA [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I cherry pick packages from a PPA?
Is it possible to add a PPA but limit what can be installed through it.
Let us say there's a PPA with two packages and I'm ...
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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 to setup debian/control to force updating a library?
This question is aimed at PPA/packages maintainers.
I have a PPA with 2 packages:
mypackage (currently version 1~ppa1~quantal)
mypackagelib (currently version 1~ppa1~quantal)
Currently, the ...
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Can't install a dependency?
I've been trying to install 'boot-repair' but it keeps saying:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
Depends: boot-sav (>= 3.196) but 3.196~ppa3~quantal is to be installed
E: ...
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How to deal with configuration style warnings occuring from TexLive 2012 installation?
I followed the advice of izx on how to install TexLive 2012 using the texlive-backports PPA. Before I started I removed all TexLive-related packages. The installation finished and everything seems to ...
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cannot open software centre
I recently added a PPA (I think it was to change login screen from lightdm to mdm) and ever since then my software centre has stopped working. Whenever I open it I get a "software centre has closed. ...
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How to Remove elementary desktop environment?
I'm running ubuntu 12.10 and yesterday I installed elementary from ppa:elementary-os/daily. I later realized that elementary replaces the stock nautilus with another version that looks misplaced in ...
