Ralph Little <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 11:47 AM Perry Hutchison via sane-devel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In attempting to add the sane-release repository, I got a 404 error > > and subsequently a "... disabled by default." message. Did I do > > something wrong? > > > > $ sudo add-apt-repository > > https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > > ... > > Err:5 https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > > bionic Release > > 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.89.222 443] > > ... > > Reading package lists... Done > > > > E: The repository ' > > https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release bionic > > 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. > > > > $ cat /usr/lib/os-release > > NAME="Ubuntu" > > VERSION="18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" > > ID=ubuntu > > ID_LIKE=debian > > PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS" > > VERSION_ID="18.04" > > HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"; > > SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"; > > BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"; > > PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=" > > https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"; > > VERSION_CODENAME=bionic > > UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic > > > I believe that all you need do is the following: > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-release > > Before that, I would go into /etc/apt/sources.list.d and remove anything > SANE related in there. > Looks like you have some items in there that are not correct.
After checking /etc/apt/sources.list.d (which was empty), I tried adding ppa:sane-project/sane-release, with very similar 404 error and "... disabled by default" messages. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-release Ubuntu SANE packages from SANE Stable Source (https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases). Please send scanner related questions to the SANE mailing list: sane-devel at alioth-lists dot debian dot net. If you need the more recent scanner driver from git, you can use my other PPA: https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git. More info: https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it. Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.9 kB] Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,580 B] Ign:6 https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release bionic InRelease Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [48.6 kB] Err:9 https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release bionic Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.89.223 443] Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,580 B] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [60.4 kB] Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [1,008 B] Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [1,287 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [2,070 kB] Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [294 kB] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1,735 kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [1,567 kB] Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [290 kB] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,468 B] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [9,288 B] Reading package lists... Done E: The repository 'https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release bionic 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. However this time it did add a file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d: $ ll /etc/apt/sources.list.d total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 21 14:08 ./ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 21 10:42 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 May 21 14:09 sane-project-ubuntu-sane-release-bionic.list $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sane-* deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic main # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/sane-project/sane-release/ubuntu bionic main Does this mean that it worked, despite the error messages?
