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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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apt-get update problem when updating a reprepro repository
i have made a repository using reprepro on my Ubuntu 13.04, i uploaded this repo to sourceforge.net , i can download packages from it and i can update it, put after adding the repository to my ...
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Update of nagios3 in repository
When I installed nagios3 through apt-get on my ubuntu precise64 I found out there is out-of-date version 3.2.3.
The newest version is 3.5 right now.
I also checked that for newer versions of ubuntu ...
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Why older version of package repositories of Ubuntu don't get updated?
Suppose my Ubuntu version is Natty and I want to install the latest nodejs using apt-get. However, the latest nodejs is only available in the package repository of Quantal.(see ...
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Failure in downloading repository information
I update my system and all is fine but then after some time a sign appears at the top panel and tells me something is wrong with the some repositories and tells me to do a check for update, when I do ...
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Which repository are free software on 12.04
I know restricted and multiverse are not free software, but what about source code and independent?
EDIT : I'm referring to free as in freedom.
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Need help fixing “E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/htp could not be found.”
I've tried and tried, but can't seem to find anything that works. I also see that I have no sources.list, help with both would be nice and probably necessary
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Synaptic package manager shows: “Could not download all repository indexes”
Please help with the solution? Ubuntu version is 12.04
The error is as bellow:
Failed to fetch http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: ...
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Error Updating System [duplicate]
Hello :) I am new to Ubuntu. And I am getting this error:
A red triangle in the taskbar (I was not allowed to post a pic)
I just used shutter for the first time! Great App!!
With this message:
...
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How to fix “Failed to download repository information” error while updating?
How can I fix this? I can't update anything at all.
I've tried to switch to my best server in the options.
When I do sudo apt-get update, this is what I get:
W: Failed to fetch
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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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Failed to download repository information [duplicate]
I'm a new user of Ubuntu(12.10), I just changed from Windows and I'm currently in the process of learning. Maybe you can give me a hand:
Failed to download repository information
W:GPG error: ...
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Fixing Networking Errors after Updating
I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 installed on my Desktop (because 12.10 won't work with my GPU). Last Thursday, January 24th, I installed the updates that were recommended to me. I admit that I did not read ...
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Error while trying to do sudo apt-get update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
i'm not able to do sudo apt-get update in ubuntu 10.10 Here is my error
Hit http://dl.google.com stable ...
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Why re-enabled sources are still marked as “disabled on upgrade to quantal”?
After having a lot of software sources disabled on upgrade to Lubuntu quantal (see question here) I have decided to re-enable most of them, which I did, without problems, except that the note that ...
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What is to be done with all the sources disabled on upgrade?
After upgrading from Lubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 I see a lot of repositories disabled in the list of sources.
What should I do?
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canonicals skype repository disturbes updates (apt-get)
Following situation: I tried to install skype wie the USC, but uninstalled it again since it was an old version and did not work correctly. So I installed Skype from skypes website.
But it seems like ...
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Failed to download repository information? [duplicate]
I tried to update and im keep on getting this error, Failed to download repository information and this is in details:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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How to fix this where it can not ping any DNS names but only IP, as a result apt-get update is failing
I am trying to install packages but it can not reach any DNS but manually when i add DNS to IP it works but still the last DNS record is failing.
# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 ...
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update manager is not woring Failed to download repository information [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Update manager generates 404 error while attempting update. Will not update
My update manager is not working and showing this message
Failed to download repository ...
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sources duplicate problems while updating [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Duplicate sources.list entry but cannot find the duplicates?
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 ...
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Error while checking for upgrades [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10, getting “W:Failed to fetch gzip…”
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-Bit on my VAIO VPCEA23EN Laptop. When I did a check for ...
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Whenever I run update manager I get this: Failed to fetch [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix “malformed line” errors in sources.list?
When I update i get the following:
W: Failed to fetch ...
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How to resolve fetch error while update packages on ubuntu server [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error
This is same problem which questioned many time on askubuntu, but still there are no perfect ...
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How to set up a notification for “New in repository” packages?
I want to see a list of "New in repository" packages every time they appear after cache update. How can I achieve this?
Related questions:
How exactly does Synaptic and Aptitude keep track of ...
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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 disable everytime checking of universe repo?
As you know, every time you update your repositories in Ubuntu 12.04, the universe repository downloads all of it's contents in your computer, whether they have been changed from the last time you ...
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Package information was last updated 59 days ago even though Ubuntu is up to date
I'm using ubuntu 11.10 and in the update manager I have a message that says package information last updated 59 days ago press the check button to check for software updates
I do that, but i'm up to ...
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Updates in libreoffice in main repository [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do the Repositories not have the latest upstream versions?
Why don't the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software?
Why does LO in the main ...
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apt-get update very slow, stuck at “Waiting for headers”
I have looked at similar questions:
Stuck at 0% [waiting for headers] (apt)
apt-get update stuck on "Waiting for Headers"
However neither one of them answer my problem.
I am running ...
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apt-get keeps saying to check Internet, while I have a good connection
I need to check if I have updates for Ubuntu. I think it is 12.04
As you can see this is what it says:
Failed to download repository information Check your Internet connection.
Details:
W:Failed ...
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apt-get command error not letting Ubuntu update
every time I run sudo apt-get update I get an error:
W: Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/limbo/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages The ...
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Downloading repository doesn't work
I have a problem when I am downloading and trying to install few things eg: mtp-tools. It's telling me that it's going to add 265 K on my disk, I press YES and then it stays on waiting for headers( I ...
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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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How to disable a particular PPA?
I want to lock updating from the ppa:ricotz/testing repository. I don't want to purge it.
I just want to lock the updates from that repository.
How do I do it?
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Which repository do I add to automatically update Apache?
I guess the tittle says it all: I installed apache on my ubuntu(11.10), which repository do I add to automatically update it?
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All third-party repositories failing to update (Launchpad and Google, especially)
Just something that started today, Ubuntu repos have been extremely slow...
I can't even reliably apt-get update but I solved that by changing the update server, ironically, now I'm realizing all ...
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Why some applications updated and others are not? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can't I update applications without upgrading the whole OS?
Pues eso, me gustaría conocer el motivo por el que hay aplicaciones que se actualizan (por ejemplo ...
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Why does my Ubuntu 12.04 install not pull this security update? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Update Manager Not working Fail to Download Repository Information
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 about a week ago and it is not letting me receive security updates. It ...
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Can't update ubuntu 12.04: Could not initialize the package information [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update
I'm running ubuntu 12.04. When I open the update-manager I get the following error:
When I run ...
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Ubuntu won't update anymore [closed]
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 Server without GUI but yesterday i wanted to update Netatalk to 2.2.2 but when i added the source to the repository this happend, then i reverted the changes i made, but the ...
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Proposed updates on 10.10?
I am using 10.10 and i have recently enabled the proposed updates. i got a list of 20 something updates which i would like to install but i have a doubt. according to this post the answer says that ...
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How to fix missing GPG keys?
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I added some repo and when apt-get update i got missing gpg key.
Following command seems to doesn't work for me:
apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key ...
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1answer
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How do I determine which repository is slowing me down?
Whenever I check for updates with the update manager or Synaptic (I don't like the Software Center so I don't use it), there seems to be one repository that takes forever to check. The progress bar ...
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Error while updating via terminal [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”?
(Translation)
Having problems when I update the system via the terminal:
sudo apt-get update
W: GPG error: ...
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“Tick” does not show on “software source”
I'm having update issues with 11.04. Read one possible solution about selecting "software sources" in the repository. The thing is i can not select it, (tick it) just shows a line "-". Why is this? ...
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I messed up my local package system, how can I repair it?
After removing a PPA recently my local package system got messed up. It now asks me to run sudo apt-get -f install to fix dependencies.
Having waited a couple of days for the issue to resolve itself ...
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Updage Manager considers generic packages as untrusted packages
Update Manager refuses to install updates because it would require installing untrusted packages.
However, if I look at the list of so-called untrusted packages, those seem like they should be ...
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Creating custom updates for my users?
I'm looking for a secure and flexible way of pushing custom updates to my users' Ubuntu 11.10 x64 machines.
I'm looking to push updates that will run scripts for adding new software, adjusting ...
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Update manager generates 404 error while attempting update. Will not update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
While running update manager in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot I receive this list of errors.
> W:Failed to fetch
> ...
