[solved] which repository to remove

[marqueemark]

A few days ago I had an issue with the update manager, the problem was resolved however during the responses it came up that kubuntu was trying to connect to a non-existent repository. The updated started on their own again, but if I manually run it it is still trying to connect to http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources. I was told this is not a real repository and to remove it. When I go into the software sources I have six repositories checked that are some version of what this one says, but none are an exact match. I don't want to do the wrong thing here, I'm not sure which if any to uncheck. Also as an afterthought, the "toolbox" in the upper right corner of the screen no longer says toolbox with the golden swirl icon, it just says "unnamed", I have no idea when this happened or how, any thoughts?

[doctordruidphd]

Re: which repository to remove

In a terminal (konsole) run:

sudo apt-get update

At the end of this run, there will be one or more lines that say "Failed to fetch" and the location of the repository.

You should then be able to find the repository listed in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
There will be several .list files there, you can either delete the relevant file, or edit it and comment out the repository in the file.

If you need more help with this, please post the output of

sudo apt-get update

and

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d

[marqueemark]

Re: which repository to remove

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-/pp...source/Sources 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-/pp...-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu/ppa...source/Sources 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu/ppa...-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


This is the error section of the update above

google-chrome.list kubuntu--ppa-natty.list
google-chrome.list.distUpgrade kubuntu-ppa-natty.list
google-chrome.list.save kubuntu--ppa-natty.list.save
kubuntu-ppa-backports-natty.list kubuntu-ppa-natty.list.save

This is the output of the directory.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: which repository to remove

There is something wrong with the kubuntu--ppa-natty.list and kubuntu-ppa-natty.list files. The output of the update program looks like those files were not properly written.

I believe the correct kubuntu-ppa-natty.list file would be:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ natty main

What I would do is delete the two files, and try adding the ppa manually:

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
sudo rm kubuntu--ppa-natty.list kubuntu-ppa-natty.list
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update

See if that fixes it.

For further information on kubuntu repositories:
https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa

[marqueemark]

Re: which repository to remove

ok that fixed that, however now when i try to install the updates with kpackagekit it says error you have failed to provide correct authentication Please check any passwords or account settings

[doctordruidphd]

Re: which repository to remove

Can't speak to kpackagekit as I don't use it.

Did the sudo apt-get update give you a message about an authentication problem? The add-apt-repository should have installed the required gpg key for verification. If a key is missing, the update should give you a warning about it.

If not try:

sudo apt-get -d dist-upgrade

This will download the update files without isntalling them, but what we are really looking for is an error message about installing unauthenticated packages. You can answer N when it asks if you want to install the files to get out of the program. Please post any error messages about authentication you get from either update or dist-upgrade.

One other thing -- as I said I don't use kpackagekit, but there may be an option somewhere in there to refresh or re-read the repositories. If so, you might try that.

[marqueemark]

Re: which repository to remove

I get no error message with either of those, these updates have been showing in the package kit since before we started all this so I'm quite sure all these updates were likely recieved during the manual update. There are 173 of them and i feel the problem may be related to this thread http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3118432 which also showed up today. I don't see any way to clear them but am just as happy to use the terminal to get updates so its not a huge deal

[doctordruidphd]

Re: which repository to remove

Yes, that's where the updates are coming from.

If you're not getting the authentication warning, then you're good to go.