Repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
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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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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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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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After Upgrading from 12.04.to 12.10 will i have to install my drivers again?
I want to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 but will i have to install the broadcom drivers and some softwares that i installed from backtrack repository??
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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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Creating Your Own Bazaar Server
I'm trying to run your own bazaar server on Ubuntu 12.04 server - so far after reading stuff in internet i found this "tutorial" http://michael.lustfield.net/content/creating-your-own-bazaar-server - ...
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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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Returning Packages To Default
Is there a way to make my system go back to how it was when first installed ubuntu without doing the standard installation again? I want my packages, repositories, configuration files to go back to ...
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how to install boot-repair on ubuntu 12.10?
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 directly from the latest iso. I want to install boot repair.
However I am unable to do so via add-apt-repository route. I get "need repository as a argument" response.How ...
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backend_helper.py [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when the GETDEB repository is down?
How can I fix this error?
Here the text:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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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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Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Repository Mirrors Go Offline! What now? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
Is there a Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat software repository mirror that is still online and has all the ...
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Are ubuntu packages (deb-files) only md5sum secured?
Introductory Background to the question below###
(so the question is more usable to more people)
Inside of an Ubuntu/debian-style package (*.deb file) there is a file named
/DEBIAN/md5sums which has ...
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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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Failed to fetch repositories [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
How can I fix a 404 Error using the Ubuntu archives?
I am having trouble downloading the Ubuntu ...
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Cloning a repository?
I need to clone a repository. The command is:
git clone https://github.com/androportal/linux-sunxi.git
If I do it this way it takes a long time to install/download. Now I opened this link and I got ...
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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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software-properties-gtk does not start
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10. Yesterday I noticed that software-properties-gtk does not work anymore. I have no idea why and what to do. When I start via Terminal I get the following output:
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I'm having dependency problems with wine and multiarch on 12.04x64. I need a solution
EDIT 3: See bottom, for TL;DR-ish version.
I want to install wine1.5, from the ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa repository. Fair enough right?
(I'm running 12.04 x64 and a custom kernel.)
I added their ...
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what is repository mirror in Debian and ubuntu?
What is a local mirror of a debian apt repository? any simple explanation. Is it the same as ubuntu repository? what is the best way to create one? and is it mandatory to keep the same folder ...
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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 am I getting “Command 'deb' not found”?
I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb. But it appears that this command is not available on my installation.
Where can I get this command? Is there a ...
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broken repository links in ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Getting “Failed to download repository information” error while updating?
I have started to get broken repository links a few ...
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How to get BURG on 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
I've been using BURG for years to get rid of the eye sore that is the standard GRUB interface. When I upgraded to Quantal, the repository does not contain the updated information. I.e. after I add
...
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Pirateplayer Not able to install, old repository for Qt desktop components!
I have a slow connection so I used to have pirateplayer to download programs from svt.se
but after update to Ubuntu 12.10 it wont be able to install. It wont compile
because the repository only ...
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When I try updating the software I get this error message [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
W:Failed to ...
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1answer
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apt-move says the packages are moved but they are gone
I'm trying to setup a Ubuntu mirror with selected packages from different repositories, by using apt-move, which I've been using on Ubuntu 10.04 without (too much) problems.
I've installed apt-move ...
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Repositories added for “Maya” not “Precise”
I wanted to test Cinnamon in my Xubuntu 12.04. After installing it, when I try to add a PPA it is added for "maya" not "precise". I purged Cinnamon PPA but it is still the same... what can I do about ...
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how to remove medibuntu rrep and packages
I followed directions to add medibuntu but it has messed up some codecs and dependencies so I can no longer watch videos
I have run this command, originated by a forum post:
sean@sean-P55-USB3:~$ ...
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How to get list of installable packages from repositories?
I wanted to install a few packages but had to power down my laptop as I had a few chores to do. I did add the packages' repositories and forgot to install the packages. As my browser history clears on ...
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is Python available in any Ubuntu installation?
Quite simply: is python already provided in any of the latest installations Ubuntu or does it have to be installed explicitly by the user?
Thanks.
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Failed to download repository [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Failed to download package files” error?
apt-get keeps saying to check Internet, while I have a good connection
while trying to upgrade to 12.10 got ...
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Why do signed deb packages say they're not authenticated when copied to my private deb repo?
Quick Version
I have set up a private deb repository and copied some signed deb packages into it. I have installed the signing key locally. However when I try to install from the repo I get this ...
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Undo repository upgrade
I recently added
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
to my sources.list and did an upgrade. This has screwed a few things up and I would like to revert back to my previous ...
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Repository for Kdevelop (>=4.4.x)?
I need to get around a regression in the new Kdevelop (4.3.90) which is supposedly fixed in (4.4.1) but I cannot find a ppa (or other repository). I would really rather not compile from source. Does ...
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How to install software from old repository?
I want to install a package on a computer running Ubuntu Precise.
However, the provider of the package only "supports" Ubuntu up till Lucid. Newer versions are probably supported as well, but they ...
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Easy way to install CrashPlan
Is there a .deb file, repo, PPA, or anything to install CrashPlan other than the non-standard install.sh file? I have fish as my shell, and I had to mess around a lot and finally use chsh first ...
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1answer
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How to add ppa repositorys? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are PPAs and how do I use them?
I always like to have my programs up to date but in ubuntu software center the software aren't always up to date.
I know about ...
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Is there an intelligent way to look for packages in the repository?
I would like to know if there is an intelligent program that helps find packages in the repositories. I mean a program that uses intelligent algorithms or that has an advanced search engine where yo ...
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Why Kodos is not part of the available packages in Ubuntu Quantal 12.10?
I'm running the 64-bit edition of Ubuntu Quantal and I've used extensively Kodos, a user friendly regex editor.
It seems that for some reasons, this package has been deleted from the Ubuntu Quantal ...
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can't enable third party repositories in software sources in 12.10
I just upgraded from 12.04. When I go to sofware sources all my third party repositories are disabled. When I try to enable them, I get the authentication window. I type in the correct password, but ...
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Pidgin not present in 12.10 repositories, how do i get one?
I want to install Pidgin on my 12.10 clean install system. When I go to the Software Center and try to install the client I get an error saying:-
Not found
There isn’t a software package called ...
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2answers
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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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Offline Repository or CD Source
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on a physical machine which cannot be connected to the internet. The originally ISO was downloaded from Ubuntu's official site and burnt straight to CD.
From various ...
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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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1answer
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Problem with Canonical partners repository?
I enabled the canonical partners repository but I can't install Acrobat reader (acroread). I've found only a few programs in Ubuntu Software Center in the Canonical Partners section. Is this bug due ...
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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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12.10 repository in 12.04, is it possible?
Can I add Ubuntu 12.10 repositories to 12.04 to have the latest software and updates? If, yes, how can i do this? I know that by adding PPAs I can have latest software, but really, I do not like to ...
