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I've installed Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 to its own 40GB partition on an 80GB HDD. The computer is online, and I've updated Ubuntu with all offered updates.
I want to run ddrescue to copy files from an ailing drive to a new one.
Both drives are the same size. Both will be slaved into the system.
I know how to open the Terminal but I'm not sure what commands to use to install ddrescue and its GUI. The actual copying, I think I can handle.
GNU DDrescue (command line tool), since it available on default repositories — you only need:
sudo apt install gddrescue
The ddrescue-gui which is GUI frontend for original GNU DDrescue is available from PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hamishmb/myppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ddrescue-gui
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/hamishmb/myppa/ubuntu groovy Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. It doesn't work for me, what should I do?
Jun 25, 2020 at 8:26
lsb_release -a in terminal.
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Kali Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling Release: 2020.2 Codename: kali-rolling Yes It is not. I couldn't find the ppa for kali. What should I do next?
Jun 25, 2020 at 9:42