Hi,
How do I remove repositories that don't show up in software sources?
Thanks.
I'm running LMDE x86_64
[SOLVED]Removing Repositories
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[SOLVED]Removing Repositories
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Re: Removing Repositories
In a terminal type:
It will list all your repo and the files where they are stored. You can post the output here so that we can help you.inxi -r
Re: Removing Repositories
These are my repos:
Would I just delete the files (ex: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chris-lea-node_js-testing.list)?
Thanks.
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Repos:
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chris-lea-node_js-testing.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu testing main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu testing main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linrunner-tlp-testing.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu testing main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/linrunner/tlp/ubuntu testing main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-testing.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu testing main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu testing main
Thanks.
Re: Removing Repositories
Either delete the files, empty them or comment the content with # at the beginning of the line.
With the Debian version of Linux Mint it is not advised to use ppa. You will bork your system. I would advise to remove them.
With the Debian version of Linux Mint it is not advised to use ppa. You will bork your system. I would advise to remove them.
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sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chris-lea-node_js-testing.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linrunner-tlp-testing.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-testing.list
finally run:
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apt update