Questions tagged [software-sources]
Questions about managing software sources/repositories in Ubuntu. This can be done graphically through System Settings > Software Sources or from the command line through APT's CLI tools or editing /etc/apt/sources.list and related files.
680
questions
0
votes
0
answers
55
views
Error Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04.04 - jammy security
Problem
hei guys i have error on upgrade . on update list source is normal and not error
i have try sudo apt update and sudo apt update --fix-mixing but the response is normal like
Hit:2 http://...
-1
votes
0
answers
38
views
Flatpak install freezes when downloading resource. Can I find source URL to download file manually from browser?
I am trying to update the Gnome Web (org.gnome.Epiphany) flatpak, on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (on WSL2). One specific resource, "org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264" always freezes when downloading. ...
- 115k
248
votes
5
answers
964k
views
How do I enable the "Universe" repository?
How do I get to the Universe Repository in supported versions of Ubuntu?
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
2k
views
xcrysden not opening
i just installed xcrysden in my Ubuntu which i am using on virtual machine, but whenevr i tried to open it , iam getting an error like--
***********Pc:~$ xcrysden
+------------------------------------...
0
votes
1
answer
85
views
How to fix "E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list (type)"? [duplicate]
I'm seeing the following errors in my terminal:
E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list (type)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
I've already tried editing my ...
- 8,057
88
votes
9
answers
485k
views
How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list?
I have unistalled and reinstalled the Ubuntu Software Center as per info I found in a similar thread and I got the same response about line 91 or something like that.
I just tried to upload a screen ...
- 14.6k
6
votes
1
answer
553
views
Does updating applications affect .desktop files?
I was wandering if .desktop files are affected when an application is updated or just the /usr/bin/* files? I'm making an menu with customized categories and it's not gonna work is the categories in ....
- 41.8k
64
votes
7
answers
548k
views
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 ...
- 11
-1
votes
1
answer
42
views
Are the downloads of this website the full code of ubuntu for that version?
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jammy/release/source/
If i download the six source iso i have all the ubuntu code for that version?
- 23.7k
0
votes
0
answers
26
views
sudo apt update: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source [duplicate]
This is the error I get when running sudo apt update:
goutham@goutham-11-11:/$ sudo apt update
E: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/...
- 101k
1
vote
2
answers
8k
views
How to change the repository location while installing from live cd?
I am installing 14.04 from a live CD. While installing, it downloads updates from the Internet. I see it is currently downloading from
http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/
Is there any way I can change ...
CommunityBot
- 1
3
votes
3
answers
16k
views
How can I fix my broken package manager? "software index is broken"
I am using Ubuntu 16.04. How can I fix the following issue?
Software index is broken
This is a major failure of your software management system.
Please check for broken packages with synaptic, ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
103
views
After a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 I can't use the eye-dropper or colorpicker anymore
After a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 (and updated) I can't use the eye dropper in DevTools or colorpicker in any application. When I use it, I get popup screen "Screen Share" For an ...
- 3,981
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Ignoring file 'google.list.save.1' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension [duplicate]
When I run sudo apt-get update it returns:
What should I do?
- 115k
0
votes
0
answers
60
views
why no source code info for system libraries in debug symbols from Debuginfod of 22.04
I'm debugging my app in a 22.04 system(with WSL2), using vscode and gdb. I've setup the debuginfod services according to the official docs already, everything goes well. the debug console output and ...
- 1
11
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Can there be any issue if I edit sources.list and jump between Ubuntu releases?
I found that sources.list in /etc/apt is the key file for all the repositories.
I also found that every system and ubuntu release has its own sources.list, So here is where I was a little bit in an ...
- 7,450
4
votes
1
answer
3k
views
how to find whether an app is a snap or a flatpak or a native app "in terminal"?
I have installed both flatpak and snap versions of several apps (I sometimes even have appimage and deb file of some other apps installed too) to find which one works better for me.
Now I want to ...
1
vote
0
answers
54
views
Software Sources - Additional Drivers - Apply and Revert buttons grayed out
I've got Lubuntu 22.04 (Ubuntu with LXQT), NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] graphics card and 535.54.03 driver. From past few months Apply Changes and Revert buttons are grayed out in Software Sources - ...
- 7,450
13
votes
5
answers
48k
views
Ubuntu software not showing any software
After installing 16.04, Ubuntu Software is always empty as shown in the screenshot. How can I fix this?
- 21
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How to open CAD files from Boardview?
I have a .CAD file created in Boardview. I have tried using OpenBoardView and it's very good, but it's basically for .BRD files not .CAD files.
Is there something like BoardViewer (which is written in ...
- 101
5
votes
1
answer
2k
views
No updates for 4 months on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I have been away for 4 months and when I started Ubuntu again there were 0 updates available. That seems very odd to me. I tried several times and always got that the same result: packages are all up ...
- 7,450
50
votes
4
answers
81k
views
Do files at /etc/apt/sources.list.d need to have an extension '.list'?
In /etc/apt/sources.list.d I have several files for custom repositories. All the names of those files end with .list.
Is it obligatory that files in that folder should end with that extension? If yes,...
- 121
6
votes
1
answer
13k
views
How to fix "Failed to fetch <sources.list links> 404 Not Found [IP: <some_ip>]"
my Ubuntu Server 20.04 is running on a Raspberry Pi 4.
Now for some reason I get the Error message: Failed to fetch <sources.list links> 404 Not Found [IP: <some_ip>].
I've tried some ...
- 74.9k
218
votes
4
answers
737k
views
How do I restore the default repositories?
There are now errors when updating and I cannot install most software due to a corrupted
/etc/apt/sources.list
file. Is there a copy I can download to replace it?
The file would be for Ubuntu 12.04 ...
- 133
0
votes
0
answers
16
views
i install my pc ubuntu 22.04 and sudo apt update isnot properly done [duplicate]
Err:1 http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt jammy InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'mirrors.ubuntu.com'
Err:2 http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt jammy-updates InRelease
Temporary failure ...
- 3,189
0
votes
0
answers
107
views
NO_PUBKEY error when updating 22.0.4
An error occurred during the signature verification.
The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease:
...
- 115k
1
vote
0
answers
214
views
quantum espresso getting mpirun error
i am doing phonon calculation in quantum espresso. while doing it i am getting an error like..
**********-ideapad:gr$ mpirun ph.x <sample.ph.in> sample.ph.out
Note: The following floating-point ...
0
votes
0
answers
374
views
sudo add-apt-repository universe us not working in Ubuntu 22.04
I just upgraded Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 and ran sudo add-apt-repository universe on Ubuntu 22.04 and got the following error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-...
- 198k
1
vote
0
answers
842
views
How to though DKMS install new version of ZFS modules to specified already installed kernel?
I know that DKMS provides support for installing supplementary versions of kernel modules. But how I can automatically install newer version of ZFS modules to installed kernels?
I've already have zfs-...
- 21
0
votes
0
answers
102
views
Dell Precision 5570 codename
Can someone with Dell Precision 5570 show here the /etc/apt/* coming on a Dell Precision with Ubuntu factory installed.
I'd like to know what specific repos I need to enable from http://dell.archive....
- 198k
0
votes
0
answers
28
views
How to start using Test Evolve - Automated testing tool?
I'm currently exploring new software testing tools, and one of the tools that caught my attention is Test Evolve. I'm curious to know if anyone here has experience using it for automated software ...
- 1
6
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Where is IBM Lotus Symphony today?
This question sparks from a bug report on LibreOffice forum. Yes, I know much of the functionality of Lotus Symphony was supposedly incorporated into OO about the time LO split off. This question isn'...
0
votes
0
answers
89
views
archive ubuntu ftp server for specific package
I am looking for accessing server for archive.ubuntu.com for specific package like python in gz tarball. Typically a list of available files are shown and you can select file based on version you need ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
34
views
I can't get the app store icon
I uninstalled some apps in Ubuntu 20.04 using the app store. After a while I tried to install a new program, but I can't get the app store icon anymore. The system is searching forever, but gives no ...
- 115k
0
votes
1
answer
327
views
Skipping acquire of configured file multiverse/restricted/universe in Ubuntu 22.04
I am trying to install rar and unrar on an Ubuntu 22.04 system, which I believe are in multiverse (following some instructions that said to add all of multiverse, restricted, and universe).
I ran add-...
0
votes
0
answers
48
views
Duplicates in /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-focal.sources [duplicate]
The solution on post:
How can I fix apt error "W: Target Packages ... is configured multiple times"?
dont seem to answer my question since my duplicates are not both inside "/etc/apt/...
- 115k
0
votes
1
answer
60
views
apt-get vs. package/version
I have this output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list :
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main universe multiverse restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/...
- 1
-1
votes
1
answer
134
views
I currently have no source.list directory or file due to too many failed to fetch errors, how can I resolve? [duplicate]
Give me Please /etc/apt/sources.list
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
- 117
0
votes
0
answers
220
views
Command 'update-manager' not found
I'm currently trying to update from 21.10 Impish Indri to Jammy Jellyfish but am unable due to update-manager somehow not being installed. I would greatly appreciate any help with this. Thanks in ...
- 30.4k
3
votes
1
answer
138
views
Possible placeholders in sources.list
Official man sources.list(5) mentions only $(ARCH) placeholder.
I wonder if there are any other placeholders are available, like $(CODENAME).
- 300k
0
votes
1
answer
928
views
apt mirror:// ubuntu-ports
I am trying to configure my sources.list using the mirror:// method on ubuntu arm64:
mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt
only works for amd64 but not arm.
Any equivalent of this for arm64?
- 23.7k
0
votes
0
answers
395
views
how to install ifb module in ububtu
When run modprobe command get error
root@my-pool6:/opt/calltest# modprobe ifb
modprobe: FATAL: Module ifb not found in directory /lib/modules/5.4.0-107-generic
So I want to install the ifb ...
- 1
28
votes
6
answers
27k
views
signature verification error for wine - index files failed to download - changing mirror doesn't help
When I sudo apt-get update I get the error shown below.
W: An error occurred during the signature verification.
The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: ...
1
vote
1
answer
785
views
Why does the security.ubuntu.com repository exist?
Looking at the contends of the /etc/apt/sources.list file two repositories are listed:
archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com
At first I thought that the security repository only contains security ...
- 198k
2
votes
1
answer
5k
views
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available - multi try
I have Ubuntu 20.04 on my WSL and I am facing no pub key error during sudo get-apt update. I went through many questions and everywhere are written almost the same answers like:
sudo apt-key adv --...
- 18k
2
votes
3
answers
3k
views
having problems with update manager
I'm trying to update my Ubuntu system, but cannot do anything with the Update Manager. It loads up 3/4 of the way and then says:
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem ...
18
votes
4
answers
51k
views
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 ...
12
votes
3
answers
4k
views
How to install Zoom for online meeting?
Just installed Ubuntu 20.04.
The latest version of zoom (software-install) I found is 14.
Can anyone help me how to install zoom? I and my wife need it for online classes.
CommunityBot
- 1
1
vote
2
answers
8k
views
GPG verification enabled, but no signatures found in Gnome Software
"Software" keeps telling me there are updates but every time I click the notification, I don't get to see any updates because there's an error:
Sorry, something went wrong:
While pulling ...
- 193
1
vote
0
answers
324
views
Problem with Repository and Keys
I wanted to update my I2P software and was following the steps provided in the official I2P website (https://geti2p.net/en/download/debian):
Open a terminal and enter:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:...
- 26.2k