I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 on multiple Lattitude and XPS laptops for many years but have always just run stock, never added their repos. What do their repos offer that vanilla Ubuntu doesn't?
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 2:55 PM Russell Johnson <r...@dimstar.net> wrote: > Is anyone here using Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell machine? > > > > I’m having an issue getting the repo. > > > > Adding the repos: > > > > $ cat << 'EOL' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dell-repos.list > > deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public > > deb-src http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public > > EOL > deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public > deb-src http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public > > > > Verifying the key: > > > > $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys > F9FDA6BED73CDC22 > Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.vL4Mi5xmtD/gpg.1.sh --keyserver > keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F9FDA6BED73CDC22 > gpg: key F9FDA6BED73CDC22: "Canonical Archive Automatic Signing Key < > ftpmas...@canonical.com>" not changed > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > gpg: unchanged: 1 > > > > Update Apt: > > > > $ sudo apt update > Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco InRelease > Ign:2 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell InRelease > Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security InRelease > Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates InRelease > Get:5 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell Release > [4,173 B] > Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-backports InRelease > Get:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell Release.gpg > [287 B] > Ign:7 http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell Release.gpg > Reading package lists... Done > W: GPG error: http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell > Release: Detached signature file > '/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/dell.archive.canonical.com_updates_dists_bionic-dell_Release.gpg' > is in unsupported binary format > E: The repository 'http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates bionic-dell > Release' is not signed. > 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. > > > > I am not able to get past the errors here. I tried the same with xenial > (16.04) and got the same thing. > > > > Anyone have a cluestick to hit me with? > > > > -Russ > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
