Questions tagged [launchpad]
Questions related to Launchpad.net, the website that is used for most Ubuntu open source projects.
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Uploads to launchpad.net not visible after dput
I am trying to upload my backport of a package to my new repository on launchpad.net
dput -u ppa:user/repository *.changes completed successfully, but there are no changes on the PPA page.
apt-add-...
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launchpad upload rejected because of orig.tar.gz conflict across different ubuntu releases
I have a package that depends on openssl, but what I observe is Ubuntu 20.04 and earlier ships openssl 1.1.x and ubuntu 22.04 and higher ships openssl 3.0.x.
So I had to build 2 packages of my product ...
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Unable to add kisak-mesa PPA following the command on Launchpad
I am trying to add the kisak-mesa PPA to my system. I usually add PPAs by following the instructions on Launchpad. For this PPA, the instructions look like this:
However, when I run sudo add-apt-...
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How do you add a language in glibc.git if the ISO 639-2 code does not exist for it?
I want to add translations for Colognian (https://translations.launchpad.net/+languages/ksh) in the Ubuntu Launchpad. For this, I have to create an Ubuntu translation team. In order to do this, I have ...
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Launchpad login issues
This should almost certainly be on Meta. Apologies, I had to create a new account to submit this question because of the issues below. Can a moderator please move this?
Stack Exchange appears to have ...
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Daily builds of the Linux kernel with Launchpad
How can I create a PPA with a source package recipe to build a patched Linux kernel that tracks the mainline Ubuntu kernel?
I'm struggling to even figure out which Launchpad project to build from.
lp:...
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Is there a method to download all files of a ppa?
Is there a method to download all files of a ppa from launchpad.net to the local drive?. (To make a backup of an abandoned project)
I have tried it with:
wget --recursive --no-parent https://launchpad....
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Does debian/changelog have to be release specific?
I want to create a debian source package that is suitable for multiple OS-releases.
Initially, I was targeting kinetic, and had this changelog format:
gfxi (1.3-1) kinetic; urgency=medium
* Add ...
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Will Ubuntu One be fully open sourced? [closed]
Currently, parts of Ubuntu One have been released, but not all the parts of the code are open source. Is there any hope for Ubuntu One to be fully open sourced?
On this blog post they say this:
What ...
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Building package on Launchpad is skipping to include .so files in the target package
I created a PPA to package the Helix-Editor: https://launchpad.net/~maveonair/+archive/ubuntu/helix-editor.
The build process completes successfully (logs) and the package is released. But for some ...
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pbuilder and debuild work, but Launchpad fails on downloading tarball
I've searched through all similar questions, but can't see the solution.
I'm building debian packages for a local project. I successfully built it both for amd64 and arm64 with pbuilder as
sudo ...
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How do I report a bug when launchpad does not work?
I found a bug in engrampa. When I tried to report it I got to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/engrampa/+filebug/d65ee956-654a-11ed-99a1-40a8f0305cb4.
After an hour, the bug data was still ...
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How long does Launchpad typically take to process bug data?
I started the bug creation process with apport-cli and followed the link it gave me.
However it's been processing for several hours now.
When should I give up waiting and try again?
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I can't log in to launchpad
I'm trying to file a bug report but I cannot login to launchpad. I don't know if there is some kind of maintenance going on but I can't login. I already logged in to my Ubuntu one account but still ...
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Launchpad librarian fails to install package
I am using launchpad librarian to build packages from my source package.
The source package, I have uploaded via dput to my PPA.
Launchpad then proceeds to build (which is accomplished) and to install ...
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Launchpad PPA: " dh_install: warning: Cannot find (any matches for) "=>" (tried in ., debian/tmp)" while building package with dh-exec
I'm working on moving some of my packaging routines into CI workflows to save myself some time when releasing new versions of my app. However, I've been running into a weird issue with Launchpad that ...
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Build deb package with more recent cmake on launchpad
I created a library that I'd like to share via deb packages in a ppa.
I'd like to support from ubuntu 20.04 but I need a more recent version of cmake to build the library, and I'm wondering what would ...
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How to notify a PPA owner that their PPA has issues
How can one notify Launchpad a PPA is malformed?
Context:
I am trying to install the current stable version of dossbox-staging listed at https://launchpad.net/~feignint/+archive/ubuntu/dosbox-staging
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Unable to connect to ppa.launchpad.net:http: [IP: 91.189.95.85 80]
Running sudo apt update on my Ubuntu 20.04 gives the following error output on all launchpad ppas:
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14....
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How to use a older version of a package from the same PPA as a dependency while building is Launchpad?
I'm trying to package software for the Cardano blockchain using Launchpad, and so far I have been able to create a PPA with the required libsodium fork. This fork is required to build the Cardano node ...
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Problems in logging into Launchpad and Ubuntu One
I can't log into Ubuntu One because of my Launchpad account, which I don't remember. So how can I straighten out this validation mess? Really, I just want to use Pastebin.
I seem to be caught in ...
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Help creating source packages for launchpad [duplicate]
I want to upload the first version of my app to launchpad. Launchpad requires a source package of the app.
My app is written in C, it compiles with gcc and generates one binary. How can I create a ...
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Why does my PPA not have any signing key?
Somehow one of the PPAs I maintain (belongs to a team) does not have a signing key.
No signing key listed here
Why does the PPA not have a signing key and how to fix this?
Note that I can ...
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Can we get debug packages in Launchpad?
I see some project offering their ...-dbgsym.deb packages on launchpad (see ALSA).
My projects, however, do not seem to generate those packages.
When I create packages on my machine, I do see those ...
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Copying debian directory from another branch to build in Launchpad
I am trying to build Cozy Audiobook in launchpad.
I have the imported the source branch (master) from GitHub, and a there is a different branch (deb-packaging-juno) containing the debian/ directory. ...
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How do I programmatically detect that my launchpad build process is done?
I am working on the Snap! C++ project which manages many packages with a complex set of dependencies (see picture below).
So as a result I need the build of package A to be complete before I can run ...
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Can I Import an existing OpenPGP key into Ubuntu for use as my Personal key?
louis@WinNyx:~$ gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 1FDBB6475ED8B730113953BE5CD637DC9222E537
gpg: sending key 5CD637DC9222E537 to hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
louis@WinNyx:~$ gpg -...
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Has there been any malicious PPA so far?
People often discourage users from using PPAs because the PPA may potentially contain libraries and packages which may break the system.
I have been using PPAs since 2010, and never encountered a ...
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Where to translate menu from right click on desktop
I'm switching from Ubuntu MATE to Ubuntu raw and I've noticed that the menu when right-clicking is not translated in my locale. What component could I help translate at Launchpad?
Also the icon "...
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How do I resolve `Depends: libuv1-snap-dev (>= 1.33.1.7~bionic) but it is not going to be installed` when buliding a package on Launchpad?
I've been using launchpad.net to build many of my projects for Xenial, Bionic, and now Focal.
As I'm trying to complete my list of projects, one of the builds is giving me grief saying that a ...
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Uploaded package not showing in my Launchpad PPA
I created a package for Launchpad PPA and want to upload it to Launchpad. I've used dput command and this is what I get:
tomica@home:~/Desktop$ dput ppa:{MY_LAUNCHPAD}/ppa packagename_0.0.1_source....
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Can't upgrade to package version listed on Launchpad
I'm running Groovy, and trying to upgrade figma-linux to the latest version which was listed in Launchpad around half an hour ago.
I've currently got version 0.6.3-1 installed. I've run apt update, ...
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Launchpad and source versioning while targeting different series of Ubuntu
I have a package that can be build for both groovy and xenial. Ubuntu groovy have libpng-dev that resolves to libpng16. Plus it has libpng12. Xenial has no libpng-dev or libpng16. It has only libpng12-...
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PPA build recipes? (AUR's pkgbuild equivalent)
Is there an equivalent of Arch Linux AUR's pkgbuild for PPAs? ie. a build recipe.
For instance, is there a way to find out how these packages were built https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/...
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What are the latest stable proprietary drivers for Ubuntu 16.04 and NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 (4gb)?
What are is the LATEST STABLE proprietary drivers for UBUNTU 16.04 and NVIDIA
Geforce GTX 1050 (4gb)? There are simply too many answers which I have compiled below:
Nvidia site says 450(450.66) is ...
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Debian package builds in my computer, but fails to build in Launchpad and pbuilder - "msgfmt: cannot locate ITS rules"
I made a debian package for Blanket, and tried to build it with Launchpad recipe.
While it builds successfully in my computer (Xubuntu 20.04), it fails to build for focal in Launchpad.
Here is the ...
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How can I contribute to an Ubuntu package on Launchpad with an upstream on Github?
I recently reported a bug for which a fix already exists on GitHub (upstream), and I would like to cherry-pick such fix and submit it on Launchpad for review for focal 20.04. However, I couldn't find ...
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How to "remove software from Launchpad PPA" in order to do-release-upgrade?
I am trying to upgrade from 16 LTS with a command
sudo do-release-upgrade
but it failes with
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
This was ...
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How to build this Rust program in Launchpad? It fails to build
I am trying to build popsicle in Launchpad (I cloned the repository from GitHub, and am trying to build it using this package recipe), and it fails to build.
Here is the relevant part of the buildlog
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Launchpad builderror - Can't locate Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/python3.pm
I am getting the following error while trying to package a source file using a Launchpad recipe. However, I can successfully build the package in my machine (running 18.04)
dh: error: unable to load ...
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Uploading gpg key to Launchpad
I am trying to upload my GPG key's 'fingerprint' as per the instructions on Launchpad. I have a valid key pair, I uploaded to the Ubuntu Keyserver, then after I could see the key on the KeyServer, I ...
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How to make sure an error listed at https://errors.ubuntu.com/ gets a bug report assigned to it?
When some program crashes and an automatically generated error report is sent as discussed here What happens when I click "Send" after Ubuntu experienced an internal error? then the error ...
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How can I push to Launchpad if port 22 is blocked?
I am programming at McDonalds, and need to push some code up to Launchpad.
git push origin master
ssh: connect to host git.launchpad.net port 22: No route to host
fatal: Could not read from remote ...
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GPG confirmation form at LaunchPad fails to add key
I am trying to upload my PGP key to LaunchPad, but the last step fails. Here is what I have done so far:
Uploaded the public key to the Ubuntu server with gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu....
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gpg key generation sync to keyserver not a key ID: skipping
I tried to create GPG keys
Real name: Political Science
Email address: @
You selected this USER-ID:
"Political Science "
Change (N)ame, (E)mail, or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
We need to generate a lot of ...
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Create a Ubuntu PPA with C# (.NET Core)?
Is it possible to create Launchpad PPAs with C# (.NET Core) ?
I mean, I have to upload the sources to launchpad somewhere, and then create a makefile like
$ echo -e 'BINDIR := /usr/bin
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How to rename a package while building in Launchpad?
Is it possible for a Launchpad packaging recipe to rename a package (from whatever there was in the control file) to something else?
Some developers name their packages com.github.username.program to ...
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Upload error in Launchpad - source file already exists
DEBUG Considering changefile 73927/ubuntu/brightness-controller_2.3.4-0~202004250741~ubuntu20.04.1_source.changes
DEBUG Finding fresh policy
INFO Processing upload brightness-controller_2.3.4-0~...
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Apt-get update hit for Remmina after applying apt-get purge
Before, I had remmina installed for remote dekstop work. To uninstall that software, I have used apt-get purge remmina, but when looking at the output of apt-get update one of the hits is still:
Hit:...
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Confirming PGPKey in Launchpad could not import the OpenPGP key %{fingerprint}
So I have followed the Getting Set Up of the Ubuntu Packaging Guide.
I have generate my key and sent it to the key server
pg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-keys myidhere
gpg --list-keys --...
