Repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
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How to make my own local repository?
I would like to build my own local repository on my LAN, so that machines on the LAN can update and upgrade from it. I want to download the packages and store them on my local server so that I can ...
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How do I update something in the Ubuntu repository?
All of my google results on this question are about just learning to use synaptic.
I've noticed that Ubuntu's TTYtter package is quite a ways behind. TTYtter is just one file (one perl script) so ...
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How to fix add-apt-repository “couldn't connect to host” error?
I ran
apt-get purge.
Since then, when I want to add a repository I get an error, and sometimes Ubuntu get an error and says that
add-apt-repository has closed unexpectedly
This error appears ...
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Replacing default repositories with Kubuntu repositories
recently I have migrated Kubuntu and KDE and removed everything related to Gnome (with some exceptions of course). I've read some and learnt that Kubuntu has its own repositories. So, what I wonder is ...
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Why am I getting “size mismatch” errors from the Iceland mirror?
After installing Ubuntu 12.04 (clean install) I fetch a bunch of program via synaptic (installed specially), all programs worked except Gimp 2.8. So I tried purging Gimp, install again (no luck). ...
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Unavailable repository
I am new to Ubuntu and keep butting up against errors, such as this:
Package libpng12-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been ...
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Unable to installl vnc server
I am running ubuntu 12.04(http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu) on my beagle bone. However I am unable to install vnc server.
sudo apt-get install vnc4server
Package vnc4server is not available, but ...
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How to check whether a fixed bug reported at Launchpad would affect my distro release?
Could you please help me to decide whether this bug affects Ubuntu 12.04?
I found out the information about the indicator-multiload (which turned out to be the thing I have been missing in my ...
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How to create a Local Repository with a Pen Drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make USB drive as local repository
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 in many systems simultaneously and the Internet Speeds are way too slow!. So i thought of using ...
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I have a misspelling in a repository source file, and it's lousing up my ability to download
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 10.10 to Ubuntu 11.04, and because of rebooting issues, I was downloading boot-repair using the live CD. I've been able to get into 11.04, but now I can't do any more ...
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How do I search for available packages from the command-line?
I have successfully installed some packages using the command line 'sudo apt-get install ...' when I have known in advance that those packages are available. But how can I search for or get a list of ...
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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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Ubuntu can't update some repositories [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?
Why can't Ubuntu update some repositories? especially from extras.ubuntu.com, PPA Tualatrix for Ubuntu ...
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How do I enable the source code repositories?
I need to install build-dependencies of something, how do I ensure the source code section of my software sources is enabled?
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Will matplotlib 1.2 be in 12.04 or 12.10?
I found Windows installers for Matplotlib 1.2 for Python3 at this site: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
When will I be able to install matplotlib for python3 in Ubuntu from repositories? ...
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How to See list of Repository?
I want to see a list of repositories so that I can add them to Ubuntu.
How can I acquire such a list. Is there a command I can use?
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Where can I find old versions of Acrobat Reader (<9.4) in deb form?
It turns out that apparently Adobe has disabled movie playback in newer versions (9.4 and up) of Acrobat Reader in Linux.
Where can I find deb packages of older versions?
The idea is to overwrite ...
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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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1answer
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Downloading Problem
I keep getting the following message:
Check if you are using third-party repositories. If so, disable them, because they are a common source of problems.
Furthermore, run the following command in a ...
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Will installing a program from the Software Center also include updates from its PPA?
For example I installed VLC from the Ubuntu Software Center would it also include VLC's PPA repository so that when my laptop would do a software update, VLC updates would automatically be included ...
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My Adobe reader still with Oneiric repositories
I'm using Ubuntu Precise, but why Adobe reader on my repository is still using oneiric version.how to update to v9.5.1?
?
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Is the latest Remmina 1.0 in the official 12.04 repositories?
I just noticed that the copy of remmina I have on my machine (Running ubuntu 12.04) is 9.99.1 (This is up to date according to apt). The remmina website says that the most recent version is version ...
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Braid and psychonauts wont download
I am running ubuntu 12.04 and I am having a problem with downloading Braid and Psychonauts from the ubuntu software center. An error message pops up saying "failed to download repository information". ...
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Is there an “unofficial” software center with all the PPAs?
Many questions are answered simply with add this repository and install.
I understand that Ubuntu developers cannot quickly verify all packages and make them available in official repositories. But ...
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Trouble updating/installing newer required R
All other answers I find only end up pointing to instructions: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
So interpreting that site, added line:
deb http://r.meteo.uni.wroc.pl/bin/linux/ubuntu ...
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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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When will Skype 4.0 enter Ubuntu's repositories? [closed]
According to this link, Skype 4.0 is released. So when will it enter Ubuntu's repo, and will pidgin-skype still be able to call back Skype for to chat?
Thanks for any further explanations!
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Why don't the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software?
Why are packages in the official Ubuntu repositories older than the latest (upstream) versions from Debian Sid, PPAs, the authors, etc.?
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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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How can I get a list of all repositories and PPAs from the command line?
I know how to list all packages installed on my system.
But how could I get a list of all repositories and PPA's?
I know I can look into /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d, but I'm ...
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How to setup local repository for ubuntu 12.04
I am new with Ubuntu.
I want to setup a local repository for Ubuntu 12.04, because i don't have internet access on my laptop. I downloaded repository using wget on windows machine and its download ...
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“Unable to connect” to getdeb.net, how do I fix it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when the GETDEB repository is down?
I want to know what this error means and how to fix it?
The following is the output on the terminal-
W: Failed to ...
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Software Center gives me an “Error scanning the CD: Could not find a suitable CD”
I am getting the "Could not find a suitable CD" error every time I open Software Sources in order to add a PPA. A picture can be found below:
How do I solve this problem? I am using Ubuntu 12.04
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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 to add the software which i have made to ubuntu's servers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get my software into Ubuntu?
How do I add my software to ubuntu's server so that it is available to others to install and use it
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How do I download all the Proprietary drivers for offline use?
In what repository do the Proprietary drivers that are found on the Additional Drivers window found and how can I copy them all so I can have them stored in case I find myself in a computer with a ...
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Can't remove, upgrade my package that I installed
Basically my problem is that I installed a package from my repository but after I install it, I cannot upgrade to a new version or remove it.
Install
shiftclient@shiftclient-VirtualBox:~$ sudo ...
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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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How to prevent Ubuntu/XUbuntu from automounting repositories from Ubuntu CDs?
Whenever I insert an Ubuntu/XUbuntu CD into my XUbuntu PC the system recognizes it as a package repository. I dislike this behaviour as it is generally useless (except for those people having no ...
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Package has unmet dependencies: gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme
I followed the instructions from here but I got the following error when trying to install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
...
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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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How to install keryx?
How to install keryx in ubuntu 12.04? knowing that keryx1.0 needs python <2.7 and ubuntu 12.04 has python2.7.3 so what could i do either to downgrade python or installing keryx bas some way.
Also ...
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Problem with deleting libmysqlclient16-dev from repository of 12.04
libmysqlclient16-dev deleted from Ubuntu 12.04 repository, is it possible to use libmysqlclient-dev instead of libmysqlclient16-dev or not?!! And all the features of libmysqlclient16-dev are in ...
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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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Can't add repo keys
I'm tring to add a keys (on Kubuntu 12.04)
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys SOMEKEY
and I constantly get
gpg: requesting key 8AC93F7A from hkp server ...
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Ubuntu doesn't want to use signed deb repository
Let's go.
I have a local deb repository. It works fine. But every time when I update my software there is a warning "You are about to install software that can't be authenticated". I decided to sign ...
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Create custom package - and add a private repository
While developing a custom, commercial application, I need to provide appropriate automatic updates.
Can I create a package that, in addition to containing my specific application, also adds it's ...
