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how to remove update repo that always fails

rated 0 times [ 18] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 24023 / 3 Years ago, fri, july 9, 2021, 4:20:46

A week or so ago I tried to add a new package repo that supposedly had a package I wanted. Unfortunately, the information about it was out of date, and I found that it fails to connect to it each time. I'd like to just remove the new repo, but I'm not sure how to do that.

For context, when I update, I get this:

W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/geod/ppa-geod/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 135.214.42.30 8080]

, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/geod/ppa-geod/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 135.214.42.30 8080]

, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/geod/ppa-geod/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 135.214.42.30 8080]

, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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answered 3 Years ago deringach · Accepted Answer

Open a terminal window (ctrl-alt-t) and run

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge



sudo ppa-purge ppa:geod/ppa-geod

That should do the trick, and remove the repository along with installed packages.

Yet another way is sudo add-apt-reposiry -r ppa:geod/ppa-geod.
That will just remove the repositry.

Alternatively, you can run software-properties-gtk, in the window that opens, select the Other Software Tab, find the corresponding lines and delete them.