What can I do if a repository/PPA I added does not have a Release file?
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When updating I get the error
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
Here I find another statement on this error: How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?
But this recommends removing certain ppas and I'm not sure if I should do that since it might mean not getting the updates I need. Is this what I should do?
apt package-management updates ppa
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
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When updating I get the error
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
Here I find another statement on this error: How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?
But this recommends removing certain ppas and I'm not sure if I should do that since it might mean not getting the updates I need. Is this what I should do?
apt package-management updates ppa
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then dosudo do-releases-upgradeto get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.
– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58
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up vote
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When updating I get the error
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
Here I find another statement on this error: How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?
But this recommends removing certain ppas and I'm not sure if I should do that since it might mean not getting the updates I need. Is this what I should do?
apt package-management updates ppa
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
When updating I get the error
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mc3man/trusty-media/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
Here I find another statement on this error: How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?
But this recommends removing certain ppas and I'm not sure if I should do that since it might mean not getting the updates I need. Is this what I should do?
apt package-management updates ppa
apt package-management updates ppa
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
edited Nov 24 at 2:50
muru
134k19283484
134k19283484
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
asked Jan 1 '17 at 22:44
Addem
2832512
2832512
xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then dosudo do-releases-upgradeto get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.
– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58
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xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then dosudo do-releases-upgradeto get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.
– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58
xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then do
sudo do-releases-upgrade to get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58
xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then do
sudo do-releases-upgrade to get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58
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The PPA you've added does not support your version of Ubuntu. For example, the ppa:mc3man/trusty-media PPA is only for Trusty only (trusty-media). Obviously, it has no files for 16.04. You can check the PPA's Launchpad page to see which versions of Ubuntu are supported.
I'd suggest the following:
Remove the PPA for older releases. For this example:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
- You can also try tricking apt to use the older release (How can I add a PPA from a previous release?), but that may not always work and can break things in unpredictable ways.
If there's a PPA for your version, add it. In this case, there's a PPA for Xenial here: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media. You can add it using
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/xerus-media
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
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answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
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So first thing: I didn't haveppa-purgeso as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by runningsudo apt-get install ppa-purge.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warningWarning: apt-get update failed for some reasonafter some other error messages that usually come withsudo apt-get update.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then runningsudo apt-get updateI get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
If you don't haveppa-purgejust usesudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:…instead.
– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
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Before you try anything else make sure you have network access from your server to the internet. Otherwise you will get this error too.
answered May 15 at 13:25
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Yes, unchecking some tick boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under
System Settings > Software and Updates > Other Software
did the trick. ppa-purge didn't work for me.
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
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answered Oct 26 at 13:59
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
The PPA you've added does not support your version of Ubuntu. For example, the ppa:mc3man/trusty-media PPA is only for Trusty only (trusty-media). Obviously, it has no files for 16.04. You can check the PPA's Launchpad page to see which versions of Ubuntu are supported.
I'd suggest the following:
Remove the PPA for older releases. For this example:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
- You can also try tricking apt to use the older release (How can I add a PPA from a previous release?), but that may not always work and can break things in unpredictable ways.
If there's a PPA for your version, add it. In this case, there's a PPA for Xenial here: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media. You can add it using
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/xerus-media
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
9
So first thing: I didn't haveppa-purgeso as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by runningsudo apt-get install ppa-purge.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warningWarning: apt-get update failed for some reasonafter some other error messages that usually come withsudo apt-get update.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then runningsudo apt-get updateI get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
If you don't haveppa-purgejust usesudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:…instead.
– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
The PPA you've added does not support your version of Ubuntu. For example, the ppa:mc3man/trusty-media PPA is only for Trusty only (trusty-media). Obviously, it has no files for 16.04. You can check the PPA's Launchpad page to see which versions of Ubuntu are supported.
I'd suggest the following:
Remove the PPA for older releases. For this example:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
- You can also try tricking apt to use the older release (How can I add a PPA from a previous release?), but that may not always work and can break things in unpredictable ways.
If there's a PPA for your version, add it. In this case, there's a PPA for Xenial here: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media. You can add it using
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/xerus-media
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
9
So first thing: I didn't haveppa-purgeso as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by runningsudo apt-get install ppa-purge.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warningWarning: apt-get update failed for some reasonafter some other error messages that usually come withsudo apt-get update.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then runningsudo apt-get updateI get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
If you don't haveppa-purgejust usesudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:…instead.
– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
The PPA you've added does not support your version of Ubuntu. For example, the ppa:mc3man/trusty-media PPA is only for Trusty only (trusty-media). Obviously, it has no files for 16.04. You can check the PPA's Launchpad page to see which versions of Ubuntu are supported.
I'd suggest the following:
Remove the PPA for older releases. For this example:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
- You can also try tricking apt to use the older release (How can I add a PPA from a previous release?), but that may not always work and can break things in unpredictable ways.
If there's a PPA for your version, add it. In this case, there's a PPA for Xenial here: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media. You can add it using
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/xerus-media
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
The PPA you've added does not support your version of Ubuntu. For example, the ppa:mc3man/trusty-media PPA is only for Trusty only (trusty-media). Obviously, it has no files for 16.04. You can check the PPA's Launchpad page to see which versions of Ubuntu are supported.
I'd suggest the following:
Remove the PPA for older releases. For this example:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
- You can also try tricking apt to use the older release (How can I add a PPA from a previous release?), but that may not always work and can break things in unpredictable ways.
If there's a PPA for your version, add it. In this case, there's a PPA for Xenial here: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media. You can add it using
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/xerus-media
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
edited Nov 24 at 2:57
muru
134k19283484
134k19283484
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
answered Jan 1 '17 at 22:58
mikewhatever
23.3k76685
23.3k76685
9
So first thing: I didn't haveppa-purgeso as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by runningsudo apt-get install ppa-purge.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warningWarning: apt-get update failed for some reasonafter some other error messages that usually come withsudo apt-get update.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then runningsudo apt-get updateI get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
If you don't haveppa-purgejust usesudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:…instead.
– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
|
show 1 more comment
9
So first thing: I didn't haveppa-purgeso as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by runningsudo apt-get install ppa-purge.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warningWarning: apt-get update failed for some reasonafter some other error messages that usually come withsudo apt-get update.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then runningsudo apt-get updateI get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
If you don't haveppa-purgejust usesudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:…instead.
– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
9
9
So first thing: I didn't have
ppa-purge so as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by running sudo apt-get install ppa-purge.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
So first thing: I didn't have
ppa-purge so as a note if anyone in the future reads this answer: You may first need to get it by running sudo apt-get install ppa-purge.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:02
5
5
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warning
Warning: apt-get update failed for some reason after some other error messages that usually come with sudo apt-get update.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
Second, I tried the first bullet point and I got the warning
Warning: apt-get update failed for some reason after some other error messages that usually come with sudo apt-get update.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:03
2
2
Also after doing the second bullet point and then running
sudo apt-get update I get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
Also after doing the second bullet point and then running
sudo apt-get update I get the usual error messages. I'm guessing at this point I should disable the associated Trust Media thing.– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:05
3
3
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
Yep, after un-checking some check boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under System Settings > Software and Updates > Other software, then I ran update again and get no error messages. I have about 90% confidence I didn't remove anything that I need.
– Addem
Jan 1 '17 at 23:09
4
4
If you don't have
ppa-purge just use sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:… instead.– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
If you don't have
ppa-purge just use sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:… instead.– dessert
Oct 1 '17 at 21:29
|
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Before you try anything else make sure you have network access from your server to the internet. Otherwise you will get this error too.
answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
1213
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Before you try anything else make sure you have network access from your server to the internet. Otherwise you will get this error too.
answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
1213
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1
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Before you try anything else make sure you have network access from your server to the internet. Otherwise you will get this error too.
answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
1213
Before you try anything else make sure you have network access from your server to the internet. Otherwise you will get this error too.
answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
1213
answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
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answered May 15 at 13:25
user92240
1213
answered May 15 at 13:25
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Yes, unchecking some tick boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under
System Settings > Software and Updates > Other Software
did the trick. ppa-purge didn't work for me.
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
Lorzan
1
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Yes, unchecking some tick boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under
System Settings > Software and Updates > Other Software
did the trick. ppa-purge didn't work for me.
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
Lorzan
1
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Yes, unchecking some tick boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under
System Settings > Software and Updates > Other Software
did the trick. ppa-purge didn't work for me.
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
Lorzan
1
Yes, unchecking some tick boxes for Trusty Media and mc3man under
System Settings > Software and Updates > Other Software
did the trick. ppa-purge didn't work for me.
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
Lorzan
1
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
2,38511034
edited Oct 26 at 15:52
Owen Hines
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2,38511034
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
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1
answered Oct 26 at 13:59
Lorzan
1
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xenial is probably no longer supported should upgrade. You should change all repositories to use old-release.ubuntu.com instead, and then do
sudo do-releases-upgradeto get an supported release of Ubuntu. help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades Oh, it was an old PPA. I just had this problem myself, and it was solved by this trick. I came here first when I did a search.– Anders
Jan 26 at 4:58