2:38 AM
There is a bug in Linux Mint 12 RC related to adding PPAs: when you add a PPA using "add-apt-repository", the .list file (under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/) uses "lisa" as the code name instead of "oneiric". Since the PPAs are not using the Ubuntu code name, they won't work and when running "sudo apt-get update", you'll get a "Failed to fetch [...] 404 Not Found" error.
A work-around is to edit the .list files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and replace "lisa" with "oneiric", but to make it easier, I've updated Y PPA Manager with a work-around for this bug, so adding a PPA through Y PPA Manager should work as usual, without having to tweak anything else.
To install the latest Y PPA Manager in Linux Mint 12 RC, use the commands below:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo sed -i 's/lisa/oneiric/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-y-ppa-manager-lisa.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager
(Since installing Y PPA Manager requires adding a PPA, the second command above fixes the Y PPA Manager .list file)
Extra tip: if you've already added some PPAs, fix them all by using the command below (make a backup firstly!):
sudo sed -i 's/ lisa / oneiric /g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
Update: the bug has been fixed. Run an update and adding PPAs should work as normal.
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9:21 PM
Today I've released Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.4. For those not familiar with Y PPA Manager: this is a GUI tool for easily managing and searching for PPAs. It can add/remove/purge PPAs, search all Launchpad PPAs for certain packages, backup and restore PPAs, remove duplicate PPA sources, comes with Unity quicklists and more.
Changes in Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.4:- added Ubuntu appindicator: works in stand alone mode (automatically starts when you log in and doesn't require Y PPA Manager to run) or in regular mode: starts when the user opens Y PPA Manager and quits when Y PPA Manager is closed. The appindicator is disabled by default and can be enabled from the settings.
- Ubuntu mono dark/light icons for the new appindicator (not the best icons, I know...)
- use built-in (doesn't require Faenza to be installed) slightly modified Faenza icons for the main UI (this is mainly to look better in KDE because some icons used before were missing in KDE)
- added "import all missing GPG keys" feature (available under Advanced)
- added "fix all GPG badsig errors" feature (available under Advanced)
- kdesudo integration
- renamed NotifyOSD icons to work with KDE too
- Linux Mint 12 Lisa support (not tested since Linux Mint 12 hasn't been released yet)
Starting with this version, Y PPA Manager should fully work under KDE (though there are some minor bugs like notifications not being displayed when adding a PPA). But of course, since Y PPA Manager uses YAD (a GTK alternative to Zenity), it doesn't look exactly right under KDE, however there are only a few GTK dependencies so installing it in KDE doesn't install the whole GNOME desktop.
There are also various changes under the hood and bug fixes. Because there are so many changes in this release, you might find bugs. Please report them
@ Launchpad.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager
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7:22 PM
Today I'm releasing Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.2. The new version comes with only one new feature: re-enable working PPAs after an Ubuntu upgrade. This feature was implemented by WebUpd8 reader Christian Dannie Storgaard (many thanks!).
All PPAs are automatically disabled when you upgrade to a new Ubuntu version. This new option checks if the old PPAs work with the new Ubuntu version and if they do work, it re-enables them.
Example: you've just upgraded from Ubuntu Natty to Oneiric and all your PPAs were disabled. Install Y PPA Manager and go to Advanced > Re-enable working PPAs after Ubuntu upgrade. After a few seconds, all the PPAs that you had on Natty and still work in Oneiric will be re-enabled.
The PPAs that haven't been updated for the new Ubuntu version will remain disabled. Also, this feature will not re-enable all the PPAs - just those that were disabled after an Ubuntu upgrade!
Before using this feature, please note that it's sort of experimental (I didn't encounter any issues in my test, but it's better to be safe!), so please back up the PPAs (either manually or using the PPAs backup feature in Y PPA Manager) just in case!
For those not familiar with Y PPA Manager: this is a GUI tool for easily managing and searching for PPAs. It can add/remove/purge PPAs, search all Launchpad PPAs for certain packages, backup and restore PPAs, remove duplicate PPA sources, comes with Unity quicklists and more.
Install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 or 11.10 using the commands below:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager
For bug reports, see
Y PPA Manager @ Launchpad.
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4:42 PM
Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.1 has been released today, bringing support for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and quite a few bug fixes.
I've also tried adding a PPA ranking system based on the number of downloads for each PPA, but it was very slow and since it depends on Launchpad and not me, I've disabled it for now. I'll enable this feature as soon as this is fixed.
Y PPA Manager features:- search packages in all Launchpad PPAs
- list and download packages in a PPA
- add / remove / purge a PPA
- backup and restore PPA sources
- remove duplicate PPA sources
- works in Linux Mint too
- Unity quicklists
For more info, see the
Y PPA Manager Launchpad page.
To install the latest Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu (9.10, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 or 11.10), use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager
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