sources.list update battle between apt-get and muon

[anika200]

Does anyone know the proper route to change /etc/apt/sources.list so that you do not end up with duplicates in Muon Package Manager or Apt-get.

On two machines I totally replaced the contents of sourses.list with a nice new shiny formated easy to read one as like below only with more entries.

When I did this I ended up with a nightmare of duplicate warnings when running apt-get update.
It turns out that in order to avoid this problem I had to do the following procedure.

1) Go into Muon Package manager to get to Software sources and delete all sources and then close the app
2) change /etc/apt/sources.list
3) run sudo apt-get update
4) now open Muon again and check for updates.

Question is Here >> Is there a way to get these two pieces of software in sync with the same sources.list without having to do the 4 steps above?

################################################################################ OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
#############################################################


###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic main restricted universe multiverse


###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates main restricted universe multiverse


###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner


##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
##############################################################


###### 3rd Party Binary Repos


#### Dropbox PPA - http://dropbox.com
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E
deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/ utopic main


#### Kubuntu Backports PPA - https://edge.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/backports
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu utopic main

[Wheel Inventor]

Guess

Does anyone know the proper route to change /etc/apt/sources.list so that you do not end up with duplicates...

Did you edit the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory ?

As told the man page - 'man sources.list':

SOURCES.LIST.D The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides a way to add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for the regular sources.list file...

The Muon is using the 'software-properties-kde'

Description: manage the repositories that you install software from (kde)
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories.
It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software
vendor software sources.
.
This package contains a Qt/KDE based graphical interface.

The 'software-properties-kde' is showing the collection from the sources.list and the lists from the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory.

[anika200]

Thanks for the reply Wheel Inventor it was informative and made me feel lazy at the same time .

I did muck around in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d on one pc and found it made a difference in Muon.

The biggest frustration for me was there is no easy way to compare the two methods and quickly eliminate duplicates. From what you have posted, I guess you really do have to dig through a couple places and rely on your eyes to get it right.

[vinnywright]

/etc/apt/sources.list ,,,,,,,is for the official sources .
/etc/apt/sources.list.d ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,is for any added sources , PPA's , google, ect,ect,,,,,,,,,

I think your problem stemmed from having the PPA's in /etc/apt/sources.list (that you made) and in /etc/apt/sources.list.d still ,,,,,,,,?

VINNY