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How to get BURG on 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)

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I've been using BURG for years to get rid of the eye sore that is the standard GRUB interface. When I upgraded to Quantal, the repository does not contain the updated information. I.e. after I add



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg

sudo apt-get update

I get the annoying response



W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/burg/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

It's been like this for a month, contrary to various websites which say it works.

Is BURG being maintained? Have they created a better alternative (such as integration with GRUB, like it should have been in the first place). How do I get a decent-looking bootloader?

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answered 2 Years ago tigehanc · Accepted Answer

You'll have to go into Software Sources. Open the dash and type software. Software Sources will pop up in the dash; click to open it.

Click on the Other Software tab and you will see the BURG PPAs towards the bottom of the field.

Click on the first entry (the one without '(Source Code)' at the end). Then click edit below the list box. The Edit dialog will appear.

Change the quantal entry in the Distribution field to precise. This is to use the binaries for 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin).

Save, and do the steps above for the source code entry. Save that, and then run this command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update

That should then make Ubuntu use the Precise repositories for BURG. Then just install burg with your commands.

Hope this helps!