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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Transmission dependencies are not in repository
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 using Gnome3 through their ppa in launchpad. Went good until now. Today Ubuntu wanted to make some updates and I thought okay. But it didn't want to install all of them. ...
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How to install Trinity on 12.04?
I want to install Trinity (the fork of KDE 3.x) on Ubuntu 12.04. I tried adding the PPA and doing sudo apt-get install kubuntu-default-settings-trinity kubuntu-desktop-trinity, but I got an error:
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Problem adding a PPA to install gcc-4.7
I want to install gcc compiler 4.7 to use c++11 features. I have looked on the internet for instructions, and I found in several websites these steps:
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Error while looking for updates
Everytime I try to check for new updates, I always get this error message :
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/pmcenery/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
W:Failed ...
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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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Why do Launchpad act differently with 64 and 32bit packages?
I'm making Ubuntu packages from source code of a geology program. I can make debs on my pc and also Launchpad is able to make binary packages for 32-bit OS.
I noticed an strange behavior of ...
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Can I upload binary packages to a Launchpad PPA?
Well, I have a launchpad account and a just set up a PPA.
Since I don't have generated source packages, I'd like to upload my binary packages to the PPA.
Though it seems not possible... Is there a ...
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Why to use ppa?
Why everyone recommends using ppa?
For example...
Why not just:
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer
and why: Something like this...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xyz/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get ...
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How do I completely uninstall TV Maxe ?
I use Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04.
I installed TV Maxe using the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:venerix/blug
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tv-maxe
How do I completely ...
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Plex media server doesn't run after fresh install
After adding the ppa and apt-getting plexmediaserver, it briefly said something like "running media server". Then disappeared.
root@host:/etc# ps aux |grep -i plex
root 8757 0.0 0.3 4192 ...
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Wine PPA doesn´t support Quantal [closed]
It seems that the Wine PPA isn´t available for Ubuntu 12.10. I wanted to install Wine 1.5, but the PPA doesn´t support Quantal yet. Is there another way to install wine 1.5 on Ubuntu 12.10?
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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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Are there any differences in graphics drivers from the “X-Swat” vs. “xorg-edgers” PPAs?
Are there any differences between nvidia-graphics-drivers 304.43 from x-swap PPA and x-edgers PPA, or is it the same package?
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Ubuntu Software Center is crashing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix this “E:Type '*' is not known on line * in source list …” update error?
Ubuntu software center is not running. Also is not ...
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Delta-update Firefox Aurora package from PPA
I am using Firefox Aurora in my Ubuntu 12.04 which I have installed via its ppa (ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora). As expected of Aurora, I get an update usually after 2-3 days. I have Firefox ...
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Using Ubuntu-x-swat PPA solved my problem. Can I be sure the commands I ran are safe? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I trust in X/SWAT PPA?
Are these commands safe?
I was getting logged out by Ubuntu, and these commands saved me:
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Uploaded a package to PPA but it's not showing and no email from Launchpad
I uploaded a package to my PPA over three hours ago, with no response from Launchpad.
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Why does apt-get update get a 403 from private-ppas for purchases in the software-center?
Here's the apt-get update output on the lines with a 403 error:
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Subversion 1.7 on 12.04 precise: libsasl error, compiling from source?
Background: I am a longtime Gentoo user, and this is my first time using Ubuntu (installed on a VM to avoid compiling everything from scratch). I am familiar with a Linux environment but somewhat ...
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Unresolvable problem .. initializing .. package information [Wine PPA] [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix this “E:Type '*' is not known on line * in source list …” update error?
Why do I keep receiving this error message? How can I fix ...
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Stuck removing ffmpeg from system due to package problems
I'd be very grateful to get a bit of support on the following situation:
Using 12.04, and I used the PPA of Jon Severinson for ffmpeg. I had a problem playing movies with MPlayer, so I decided to ...
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Installing Nvidia Drivers
I have an X79 motherboard and a GTX 670. I have tried to install every combination of Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10 and the Nvidia Driver 304.43, 295.xx, etc.
I have read everything and pretty much ...
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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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Fail to download repository information [duplicate]
Why lately I've been getting this error when I try to update my computer?
Ubuntu 12.04
Kernel 3.5.2
Processor i386
W:Failed to fetch ...
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tlmgr viaTeX Live Backports PPA
I just installed TeX Live 2012, --on ubuntu 12.04-- via a this PPA, but cannot seem to figure out how to install tlmgr. I need help installing it.
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Used add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-next. Installed Firefox 15. How can I reverse everything and install Firefox 14? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove a PPA added via command-line?
I'm really new to this. Just finished my installation of Linux Mint, and decided to update Firefox. A tutorial told me to ...
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Why are commercial PPA updates suddenly very slow?
When using apt-get update from terminal, I can see process come to a grinding halt when the commercial PPAs are updating.
In hoping that this isn't intentional, is there a fix to get apt-get update ...
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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 to reinstall apps?
I am having trouble re-installing Create Launcher. I downloaded it two days ago but my Ubuntu was acting weird. Because I am new to Linux/Ubuntu, I un-installed it and re-installed it. I am trying to ...
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How do I find the ppa of a project from its Launchpad page?
Im usually searching launchpad for interesting projects but sometimes i just cant find the ppa url.
Here is an example: Marlin on Launchpad
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What happens if I disable the PPA of a specific package?
Say I went ahead and disabled the PPA I added to install the latest version of GIMP (2.8) on Precise. Would that lock the installed version until an updated package is available from the USC or would ...
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Error opening Synaptic Manager or Update Manager [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix this “E:Type '*' is not known on line * in source list …” update error?
Opening Update I get this:
An unresolvable problem ...
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UbuntuShowdown apps installation unable to locate package error
I recently heard about UbuntuShowdown apps. There are some very nice apps which I really want to try. I am trying to install these apps by adding repositories as it is mentioned on their page. But at ...
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How do I discover a PPA's PGP key?
I would like to be able to see the openPGP key of a PPA. I do not wish to add it to my sysetm. I only need to know what the key is. How might I discover this?
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Why am I getting errors today when updating Oneiric PPAs? [closed]
When I update software from terminal with sudo apt-get update almost always don't shown errors but this time is different.
What I think is that most of the ppa pages has been modified. i.e.
When the ...
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Can't update or install files due to malformed file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix this “E:Type '*' is not known on line * in source list …” update error?
E: Type 'ain' is not known on line 3 in source list ...
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How do I fix “404 Not Found” errors on Google repository? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Update Manager give me a 404 error with these Google repositories?
These are the last few lines of
$ sudo apt-get update
Ign https://private-ppa.launchpad.net ...
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Is there a script or application that creates a deb from a ppa address that adds the ppa to the system repositories?
I've created my ppa, uploaded my package and i'd now like a simple way for the users to add my 3rd party ppa to their repositories. I've seen some deb files around that add ppa, how are these created ...
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Distro in changelog header that matches all distros?
I'm doing a java package without native dependencies. I generate my changelog with hg using the pattern for the header:
header = 'app ({latesttag}.{latesttagdistance}) unstable; urgency=low\n'
this ...
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How do I remove a PPA added via command-line?
I added a PPA for updating my kernel for ubuntu-12.04. Later, I found that the kernel doesnot exist on the link within PPA.
I used this command.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
Now if I ...
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How to force compiz version?
I'm using a PPA for Compiz, because there are some really annoying bugs, which haven't got fixed in the official Ubuntu repos, but are in the PPA. (these bugs include the panel showing bug within full ...
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Adding PPA error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get add-apt-repository to work?
I was trying to add the PPA for Ubuntu Tweak. I got this error. What does it mean?
joe@joe-Leopard-Extreme:~$ sudo ...
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using ppa-purge (with/without -i) results in suggesting removal of over 100 packages I'm fairly sure ARE available in the standard ubuntu repository
I foolishly added the kxstudio ppa quite some time ago. All seemed well for a few months, then problems started showing up, and have been nothing but a pain since. I've submitted several bug reports ...
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Which nvidia driver from additional drivers option should I choose?
I have NVIDIA Geforece 7025 / nForce 630a integrated gfx card on my UBUNTU 12.04.And I have 4 options in Additional drivers:
NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173)
NVIDIA accelerated ...
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How to do a ppa for a java ant project?
I was doing a launchpad ppa for my ant project using jdeb
when i had the unpleasant surprise in the last step that ubuntu ppa actually builds the package from the repository, not just accepts signed ...
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How do I cherry pick packages from a PPA?
Is there a way to cherry pick packages from a ppa repository you add? That is, to exclude some from updating while including others?
For example, I want just the chromium-browser package from this ...
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Active PPA for latest stable chromium? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install the latest stable version of Chromium?
I run chromium and used this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable
I just realized that it ...
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How to add google-talk plugin ppa using Y-PPA manager?
I tried adding:
ppa:google-talk
The url link too: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/google-talkplugin
didnt work. I get the error:
The PPA you've entered is not valid
Please enter a valid ...
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How do I install the latest Blender 3D builds from a PPA?
My problem is that i want to install latest blender and upgrade it automatically via sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade . So, i tried to add a repository
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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How to fix “couldn't connect to host” error installing Unity Webapps?
I get the following errors when I try to install Unity Webapp on Ubuntu 12.04:
root@detro-X101H:/home/detro# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
