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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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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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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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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Why i cannot install homerun launcher?
After install Kubuntu(I forgot how much I've reinstalled the OS),I've installed Homerun launcher many times, but since yesterday evening reinstall i couldnt find a way to install it, no package ...
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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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How to install Eclipse?
I want to install the latest version of Eclipse but the Ubuntu Software Centre contains an older version.
Is there a PPA or some other way to install latest Eclipse?
Please describe the steps for ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can I get Movable Type 5 experimental package?
I'd like to install the movabletype-opensource package for version 5.0 I currently have Ubuntu 10.04 installed. How do I install the experimental package? Do I need to add a site to my apt sources?
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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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How do I add the mainline kernel PPA?
How can I add the mainline kernel ppa to the synaptic software sources?
I have the url:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
but I am missing the ppa: line.
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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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Fail to download repository information
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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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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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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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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PHP 5.4 interactive mode on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm a big fan of PHP interactive mode (php -a). Today I decided to install PHP 5.4 to play around a little bit. It's fun to use the new built-in server and all that stuff, but I was very sad when I ...
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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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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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Good PPA for ffmpeg
Its annoying that the default ffmpeg in ubuntu's repositories is outdated and hobbled for legal reasons, however, there's a great page on the forums that walks you through building it from scratch: ...
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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 ...
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How can I install a realtime kernel?
I have read a lot of threads with similar questions, but after reading the answers, I am very confused. I have found in them lots of url's with repositories but people discusses about which ...
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Where can I find a PPA for fcron?
According to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+package/fcron it seems that there is a version of fcron available for 11.10, but reffering to http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/329892 it ...
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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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A question about “add-apt-repository”(gcc 4.7 or bumblebee)
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 in my notebook and I use C++. I want to use C++11, so I want to upgrade my gcc to gcc-4.7. I ran these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo ...
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Are PPA's safe to add to my system and what are some “red flags” to watch out for?
I see a lot of interesting programs out there that can only be obtained by adding a "PPA" to the system but, if I'm understanding correctly, we should stay within the official "repositories" for ...
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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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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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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 ...
