Problem with accessing Elmer ppa
Posted: 04 Oct 2020, 00:17
Debian has started tightening up on security of late. Because of this I can no longer download from Elmer ppa. I get the following"
I don't quite know what is involved with adding a Release file. I'm not even sure that that is the real problem. See the error at line 6. My "sources.list.d" directory includes the following:
I followed the ppa installation instructions to the letter.
Gary R.
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root@ctech:/etc/apt# add-apt-repository ppa:elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa
Archive for the monolithic Elmer FEM software ubuntu packages.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~elmer-csc-ubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpesl6mv32/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmpesl6mv32/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 89358ABF9FB7E178: public key "Launchpad PPA for Elmer CSC ubuntu packaging" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
root@ctech:/etc/apt# apt update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease
Hit:2 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://mirror.keystealth.org/debian stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://mirror.keystealth.org/debian stable-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa/ubuntu groovy InRelease
Err:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa/ubuntu groovy Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/elmer-csc-ubuntu/elmer-csc-ppa/ubuntu groovy Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164 Oct 3 12:41 elmer-csc-ubuntu-ubuntu-elmer-csc-ppa-groovy.list
Gary R.