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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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Will eclipse update from the ubuntu repositories?
If I install a default eclipse from the ubuntu program central, I get an eclipse with traces from the version Helios and the screen that starts Eclipse says Indigo. The latest version of Eclipse is ...
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Force Ubuntu to only download updates form canonical.com mirrors
How do I force a Ubuntu machine to only download updates from official canonical.com mirrors? Right now it sometimes downloads from non canonical mirrors, which get flagged in our network monitoring ...
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why does Ubuntu downloads apps from 93.184.215.223?
Does anyone know I why my ubuntu machine makes a connection to 93.184.215.223 when I use apt-get? I thought all the software repositories were at *.canonical.com. I haven't added any 3rd party ...
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How do I install Unity Web apps from the software repositories?
I found .deb files in my cache for some webapps I installed. Then I used apt-get to install some other web apps. But the icons aren't showing up on the unity bar. How do I rectify this?
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Where do I look for the reason for the removal of a package from the Ubuntu repositories
I have seen that when a new Ubuntu version is released, sometimes a particular application that I had used till the previous Ubuntu versions would have been removed from the Ubuntu repositories for ...
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How do I change the default server used by the Live-CD for updates while installing Ubuntu 12.04?
The default server for Taiwan tw.archive.ubuntu.com has been down for a while.
So many newbies asked in http://www.ubuntu-tw.org why they could not install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS successfully? Is it hard ...
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1answer
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Why isn't DockBarX in the official repositories?
Why isn't DockBarX in the official repositories?
(I am aware of the existence of PPAs.)
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Does Ubuntu import the Universe repository from Debian?
Does Ubuntu import the Universe repository from Debian?
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What is the “proposed” repository?
What exactly does this repository contain and why should a user either stay away from it, or add the repository?
