[SOLVED] ppa.launchpad.net not found on /etc/apt/sources.list

satimis · 01-31-2017, 11:15 PM

Hi all,

Ubuntu 16.04

On running;
⟫ sudo apt-get update
following warning popup

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/openshot-edge/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/openshot-edge/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

But on /etc/apt/sources.list
I couldn't find ppa.launchpad.net

Please advise how to fix the problem

Thanks in advance

Regards
satimis

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 02:43 AM

Can you please paste the output from inxi -r (if you don't have inxi installed then install it).

satimis · 02-01-2017, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Can you please paste the output from inxi -r (if you don't have inxi installed then install it).

⟫ inxi -r

Code:

Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse
           deb http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/openshot-edge/ubuntu xenial main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thomas-schiex-ubuntu-blender-xenial.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu xenial main

Regards
satimis

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 04:05 AM

Thanks, satimis.

As you can see, the repo in question is located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list, which is why you couldn't find it in /etc/apt/sources.list - it's normal for PPA sources to be set up as separate files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

As regards the problem, browsing to http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/op.../ubuntu/dists/ shows that xenial is not one of the distro versions supported by this PPA (also indicated by the list here: https://launchpad.net/~jonoomph/+arc...edge/+packages).

The PPA was last updated 226 weeks ago. You should contact Jonathon Thomas and ask him if Xenial support could be added to the experimental repo. Alternatively, you could try compiling the source for xenial yourself but that might be quite involved as a process. In the meantime, remove the PPA.

satimis · 02-01-2017, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Thanks, satimis.

As you can see, the repo in question is located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list, which is why you couldn't find it in /etc/apt/sources.list - it's normal for PPA sources to be set up as separate files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

As regards the problem, browsing to http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonoomph/op.../ubuntu/dists/ shows that xenial is not one of the distro versions supported by this PPA (also indicated by the list here: https://launchpad.net/~jonoomph/+arc...edge/+packages).

The PPA was last updated 226 weeks ago. You should contact Jonathon Thomas and ask him if Xenial support could be added to the experimental repo. Alternatively, you could try compiling the source for xenial yourself but that might be quite involved as a process. In the meantime, remove the PPA.

Hi hydrurga,

Thanks for your advice. Performed following steps;

⟫ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
⟫ ls

Code:

jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list
openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.save
thomas-schiex-ubuntu-blender-xenial.list
thomas-schiex-ubuntu-blender-xenial.list.save

⟫ sudo mv openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.old

Rebooted PC

⟫ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for satimis:

Code:

Hit:1 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease             
Hit:3 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease           
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu xenial InRelease   
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]     
Fetched 102 kB in 1s (74.4 kB/s)                              
Reading package lists... Done
N: Ignoring file 'jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list.old' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension

What will be a suitable name for retaining "openshot_developers-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list"?

Move the file to another folder/directory?

Regards
satimis

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 05:35 AM

From the listing of the directory that you provided, it appears that apt ignores the .save files.

If you really want to make a copy, then I personally would move the file to another folder altogether outside apt's remit.

Just a note that all this would have been avoided if you had tried adding the PPA by using the command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge

as described here: https://launchpad.net/~jonoomph/+arc.../openshot-edge

The above command checks to see if your distro version is supported, so doing so would have shown you the error "Cannot add PPA: ''This PPA does not support xenial''."

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 05:39 AM

Just an extra note that there was no need for you to reboot your PC after renaming the sources list file.

apt update will automatically take any changes to the sources list files into account.

satimis · 02-01-2017, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

From the listing of the directory that you provided, it appears that apt ignores the .sav files.

If you really want to make a copy, then I personally would move the file to another folder altogether outside apt's remit.

Just a note that all this would have been avoided if you had tried adding the PPA by using the command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge

as described here: https://launchpad.net/~jonoomph/+arc.../openshot-edge

The above command checks to see if your distro version is supported, so doing so would have shown you the error "Cannot add PPA: ''This PPA does not support xenial''."

Hi hydrurga,

Thanks for your advice.

First I moved jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list to jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list.save. On running apt-get update the file jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list.save. was renamed back to its original filename automatically.

I have run your suggested commands before (if I recall correctly) when installing openshot-edge. Later I removed openshot-edge because I couldn't make blender to work with openshot-edge.

Regards
satimis

satimis · 02-01-2017, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Just an extra note that there was no need for you to reboot your PC after renaming the sources list file.

apt update will automatically take any changes to the sources list files into account.

Noted with thanks

satimis

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

Hi hydrurga,

Thanks for your advice.

First I moved jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list to jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list.save. On running apt-get update the file jonoomph-ubuntu-openshot-edge-xenial.list.save. was renamed back to its original filename automatically.

I have run your suggested commands before (if I recall correctly) when installing openshot-edge. Later I removed openshot-edge because I couldn't make blender to work with openshot-edge.

Regards
satimis

Good to know. :-) Another reason for keeping your copy of the file away from apt's source lists area (although personally I would have just deleted it altogether).

Are there any other outstanding problems to resolve?

satimis · 02-01-2017, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrurga

Good to know. :-) Another reason for keeping your copy of the file away from apt's source lists area (although personally I would have just deleted it altogether).

Are there any other outstanding problems to resolve?

Hi,

Actually I don't need that file. Just in case if there is any mistake encountered after its deletion I have a chance to come back.

Up to now no other problem discovered. I am just prepaired to install kdenkive

satimis

hydrurga · 02-01-2017, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

Hi,

Actually I don't need that file. Just in case if there is any mistake encountered after its deletion I have a chance to come back.

Up to now no other problem discovered. I am just prepaired to install kdenkive

satimis

Ok. Have fun!

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