Adding Ubuntu Repositories
Posted by Admin on September 12th, 2006
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If you want to add repositories for ubuntu you need to add in /etc/apt/sources.list file before adding any new repositories take backup of this file and add more repositories.
#cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Replace everything with the following lines
To use your local mirror you can add “cc.” before archive.ubuntu.com (cc = your country code)
e.g. deb http://lv.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
## Add comments (##) in front of any line to remove it from being checked.
## Use the following sources.list at your own risk.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
## MAJOR BUG FIX UPDATES produced after the final release
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
## UBUNTU SECURITY UPDATES
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
## BACKPORTS REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
## PLF REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf dapper free non-free
## CANONICAL COMMERCIAL REPOSITORY (Hosted on Canonical servers, not Ubuntu
## servers. RealPlayer10, Opera and more to come.)
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main
Save the edited file
#apt-get update
If you want to generate youe own source list check here
Adding repositories Using Synaptic package management
go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
To enable the extra Universe and Multiverse repositories
Settings -> Repositories
In the Installation Media tab, click Add. There are three separate repositories; Dapper Drake, Security Updates and Updates. Select each repository and check Officially supported, Restricted copyright, Community maintained (Universe) and Non-free (Multiverse). Ensure you click OK between each repository to save your changes
You should now see those three repositories under Channels. Make sure Officially supported, Restricted copyright, Community maintained (Universe) and Non-free (Multiverse) appears under each repository
To add backports and PLF (new versions of many applications. Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
Settings -> Repositories
Click on Add and then Custom
Paste the following four lines into the box and click Add Repository, one line at a time
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf dapper free non-free
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main
To refresh the list of known packages (equivalent to apt-get update)
Edit Menu -> Reload Package Information
To install all possible upgrades (equivalent to apt-get upgrade)
Edit Menu -> Mark All Upgrades… -> Default Upgrade
Edit Menu -> Apply Marked Changes
To search for a package (equivalent to apt-cache search package_name)
Edit Menu -> Search… Specify the package name
To install the selected package (equivalent to apt-get install package_name)
Select “package_name”
Package Menu -> Mark for Installation
Edit Menu -> Apply Marked Changes
To remove installed package (equivalent to apt-get remove package_name)
Select “package_name”
Package Menu -> Mark for Removal
Edit Menu -> Apply Marked Changes
November 1st, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Thanks,
The best repository info I could find on the web.
good work
November 15th, 2006 at 4:38 am
You may also need to set up the GPG key for apt. If you get an error like the following when using the new repository,that’s what’s going on.
“GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5″
To correct this, retrieve the GPG key:
$ gpg –recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
And then add it to apt-keys:
$ gpg –export –armor 40976EAF437D05B5 | sudo apt-key add -
April 28th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Thanks so much. Installed studio64 (debian distro) and was trying to add ubuntu sources.
Eric, I don’t know if it was the form interface, but the long dashes in front of the gpg commands should be –
gpg –recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg –export –armor 40976EAF437D05B5 | sudo apt-key add -
May 7th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Hey, it did it to me too. that’s not a long dash, it’s a double dash. I’ll try again:
gpg – -recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg – -export –armor 40976EAF437D05B5 | sudo apt-key add -
September 24th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
but more importantly… what do I need to use as a keyserver to get this bad boy 40976EAF437D05B5
March 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
And if you get:
gpg –recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg: no keyserver known (use option –keyserver)
gpg: keyserver receive failed: bad URI
you need to explicitly say which is the key server:
gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
October 25th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Please remove this article from the *debianadmin* site or at the very least mark it that it shouldn’t be used by people running debian.
People are adding these repos to their sources.list on debian machines and causing all manner of mess. Fortunately, most of the versions are sufficiently ancient that it at least causes little damage these days.