Refering to editing the software sources in Ubuntu. Can be done graphically through System Settings > Software Sources or from the command line using APT.
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A “failed to fetch” error occurs when apt-get update is run. How do I fix this?
Contrary to the note above, I haven't found the answer to my problem.
I have read almost a dozen apt-get update questions, most from askubuntu.com, with "failed to fetch" errors and tried the ...
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Software Center crash, sources.list error 13.04
I'm having a problem with Software Center since I tried to add Spotify repositories to sources.list. It doesn't open at all.
I tried reinstalling Software Center, but it sends this error:
E:Type ...
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I am receiving a message saying I have duplicate sources but I can't find a duplicate, please help [duplicate]
I have read through previous threads regarding the same problem but I still cant seem to find the duplicate, I am new to ubuntu so please forgive me if I am being stupid.
When I run sudo apt-get ...
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Cannot edit Software Sources after upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04
I go to System Settings -> Software sources. I see there many Software sources with the comment "disabled on upgrade to raring". When I click on the check-button or select ppa name to edit/delete that ...
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I am unable to update ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Says check internet connection
I cannot install my updates. I used the following information How do I fix a "Failed to download package files" error? but it didn't work.
In the software sources window under the "ubuntu ...
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PlayOnLinux preventing update - GPG Error
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I recently removed the program playonlinux because it was preventing me from updating my software.
However, after removing the program and attempting an update,
W: GPG ...
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How bad are duplicate entries in sources.list?
What is sources.list? Is it like 'registry?'
How important is it it to keep it 'clean?'
When I did
sudo apt-get update
the last lines to display were these:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ...
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Problems with duplicate sources. Help?
I am having some trouble with duplicate sources when trying to update version from 12.10 to 13.04 :(
Here is my sources list, and then below that you can find the errors I get from the terminal:
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How to add a GPG key to the apt sources keyring?
Ubuntu Doc page says this:
It is advisable that you add the Opera GPG key.
wget -qO - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Where do I add that?
I want to take the advice ...
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Adding repository
The official documentation page to install opera says to add this:
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
Somehow this:
http://deb.opera.com/opera/
ended up in the url field of ...
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Installing Opera from deb froze software center, synaptic package manager, and update manager [duplicate]
I downloaded the opera Debian installer and it froze the software center. It is blank and has little circles that make a circle in the middle. The little circles aren't moving.
I tried synaptic and ...
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apt-get update fails to find some mirrors
I've configured my sources to use the mirrors:// "protocol" to find servers close to me, mainly since I move around a lot.
However, for some reason it doesn't work for all the repos - when I run sudo ...
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Should I manually fix the distribution entry after OS upgrade? [duplicate]
I have upgraded to 13.04 with do-release-upgrade. During the upgrade, most of the repository sources will be disabled.
Now that the upgrade is finished, and while looking which of them I want ...
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E: Malformed line 57 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse) [duplicate]
Hi guys I've just got this error message when i opened update manager:
E: Malformed line 57 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
any ideas how to solve this problem?
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Using 13.04 I get “Duplicate sources.list entry” warnings from i386 and AMD64 packages
I understand this was a bug in Oneric, but was fixed, so why is Raring trying to fetch both achetypes when I use APT in the terminal, and how do I fix it? I tried running YPPA and it says I have no ...
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Maintaining older system packages [duplicate]
I am having a desktop that runs ubuntu 8.10 and a laptop that(alongwith other distros) runs ubuntu 10.10.
Since the repositories for both do not exist anymore, fetching anything using apt-get fails on ...
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how do I find location of packages
I am trying to install several things on my machine.
For example php-pear.
I need to put to location of the repository in sources.list
How can I locate it?
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Cant update ubuntu 12.04
I have a freshly installed 12.04.
Running the update manager gives me this
I even changed my update server ( by selecting "Select Best Server" )
Checking around the net gave me no solutions.
I ...
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sources.list & sources.list.d in /etc/apt [duplicate]
I could find that there is a sources.list file as well as a sources.list.d directory in the /etc/apt directory. If I am not wrong, both are used to set up the deb files for the packages we need to ...
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How to install Emmet with gedit text editor in Ubuntu 12.04?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I came to know about emmet plugin. Which is really awesome for writing markups. As I am a developer I am using gedit with zencoding plugin to write markup easily. Now as I ...
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Can't re-enable PPAs long after upgrade to 12.10
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 some time ago. I realize now that many of my PPAs were automatically disabled (as it always happens) Now, the issue is that I can't re-enable them, the Software Sources ...
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Software sources not added to favorites
In gnome 3 software sources GUI doesn't appear to be possible to add to the overview 'strip' on the side with the favorites programs, like almost every other program by right clicking and 'Add to ...
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Is it possible to remove all the packages installed from a specific repository?
I would like to remove every package that came from the Multiverse repository. What is the best way to do this?
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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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Editing sources.list
I have edited the sources.list file in order to install a distribution of ns2. However when I run sudo apt-get update command it gives a 404 error that the package could not be located.
looking at ...
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How to solve Malformed line in the source list (dist parse)? [duplicate]
I have tried to installed opera in Ubuntu and this is what I get:
'E:Malformed line 60 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
This things has shown up and now I can't be able to open ...
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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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I tried to update my ubuntu but not work. It appeared Failed to fetch http://archive…/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/universe/binary-i386/ [duplicate]
I tried to update my ubuntu but not work.
I have changed and select other places from the software sources to other servers and tried and tried..
still get:
Failed to fetch ...
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can't run ubuntu 12.04 software center [duplicate]
had error info as below:
E: Malformed line 57 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks!
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ATI HD 3600
How can I install my graphics card ATI HD 3600 on ubuntu 12.04 LTS ? please help me.
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source code for application launcher plasmoid
Can someone please show me where can i find the source code for the application launcher plasmoid? I am unable to find it on KDE base. Do I have to download entire source for KDE ?
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Why is some software not appearing in the “available software” options?
I have installed and used some applications such as Quod Libet and others on Ubuntu 12.04. When I go under settings to tell Ubuntu which software to use when opening specific files, Quod Libet and ...
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Why is my “Other Software” tab in Software Sources blank?
I can't install apps or software on ubuntu 12.04LTS. The other software tab in my software sources is empty. what should I do?
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Can't open “ubuntu software center”, “software updater”, “software sources”, “language support” Malformed line 56 in source list
I get the following error:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the ...
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Failure to connect to archive.ubuntu.com [duplicate]
My computer cannot download anything via Ubuntu software center because it fails to connect to archive.ubuntu.com.
I happen to have figured out the problem. It tries to use proxy to connect to ...
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Why can Canonical Partners not be added to Software Sources in 12.10?
This is a clean install of Ubuntu 12.10. I have tried to check Canonical Partners on the "Other" tab of the GUI for displaying/changing Software Sources in Software Center and in Synaptic. Both let ...
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How to safely download and gpg verify a Debian source package?
I need specific (source or binary) packages from Debian.
Can I download the package using apt-get?
How can I add the Debian repository to my sources.list so it only gets used on a by case base? ...
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How to download Canonical Partners software? [duplicate]
In Ubuntu 12.04, no software is listed in the Software Center under Canonical Partners but Canonical Partners software is checked in Software Sources.
My original goal was to install Skype.
I found ...
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why is Ubuntu 12.10/12.04.1 adding unsupported updates by default?
after installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 and 12.10 respectively for over a few times, i noticed that within the Software Sources, by default, the Unsupported Updates (precise backports / quantal backports) are ...
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Duplicate Sources [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Duplicate sources.list entry but cannot find the duplicates?
How do I fix this? I tried doing the apt-get update but it didn't fix it.
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ...
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i am using ubuntu 12.10. am a new user and i have problem with the software updater. this is what i am getting. please help [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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error 503:Packages.gz naming problem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
error 503: service unavailable when using apt-get update behind proxy
Here is the detailed information(I have choosen the best source server):
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Problem installing VirtualBox
When I try to install VirtualBox I get this message:
CD/DVD 'Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal - Release i386 (20121017.2)' is required
I do not know what to do...
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Packages not found despite correct /etc/apt/source.list
My /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted ...
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How to install rar (no installation candidate)?
I need the package rar. But I get this error whenever I try to install it:
Reading package Lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package rar ist not available, but ...
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How do I fix “E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 'X' in source list” error?
This is the error I'm getting from using sudo apt-get update
E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tiheum-equinox-precise.list
How can I fix this?
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Is there a way to tell how a program in Synaptic was originally installed?
I'm running RStudio. There's an update available, but the update isn't in Synaptic. Synaptic is aware of RStudio, however, and shows that it is installed.
I think I may have installed it initially by ...
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Could I make Ubuntu a rolling distro?
From what I understand, Debian testing/unstable/experimental are rolling release, right? Since Ubuntu is based on Debian, could I the Debian testing repo to my software sources and make my Ubuntu a ...
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Will Adobe Reader 9.5.3 be offered in partner repository?
Will there be an Ubuntu package in the Canonical Partner repository for the security update Adobe Reader 9.5.3?
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