Why am I getting “Command 'deb' not found”?
I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb
. But it appears that this command is not available on my installation.
Where can I get this command? Is there a work-around?
repository deb
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I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb
. But it appears that this command is not available on my installation.
Where can I get this command? Is there a work-around?
repository deb
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I'm embarassed that I didn't realize the instructions I was reading weren't showing me something to type at the command line, it was showing me a line to put in a file. I'm glad you asked this question!
– Tyler Collier
Oct 13 '13 at 5:40
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I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb
. But it appears that this command is not available on my installation.
Where can I get this command? Is there a work-around?
repository deb
I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb
. But it appears that this command is not available on my installation.
Where can I get this command? Is there a work-around?
repository deb
repository deb
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I'm embarassed that I didn't realize the instructions I was reading weren't showing me something to type at the command line, it was showing me a line to put in a file. I'm glad you asked this question!
– Tyler Collier
Oct 13 '13 at 5:40
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I'm embarassed that I didn't realize the instructions I was reading weren't showing me something to type at the command line, it was showing me a line to put in a file. I'm glad you asked this question!
– Tyler Collier
Oct 13 '13 at 5:40
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I'm embarassed that I didn't realize the instructions I was reading weren't showing me something to type at the command line, it was showing me a line to put in a file. I'm glad you asked this question!
– Tyler Collier
Oct 13 '13 at 5:40
I'm embarassed that I didn't realize the instructions I was reading weren't showing me something to type at the command line, it was showing me a line to put in a file. I'm glad you asked this question!
– Tyler Collier
Oct 13 '13 at 5:40
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'deb' is not a command. It is used in /etc/apt/sources.list
file to indicate a Debian software repository.
From Ubuntu Manpage - sources.list:
The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
with the most preferred source listed first. The format of each line
is: type uri args. The first item, type determines the format for
args. uri is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which is a
superset of the more specific and well-known Universal Resource
Locator, or URL.
The deb type describes a typical two-level Debian archive,
distribution/component. The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the Debian
distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
distribution can specify an exact path, in which case the components
must be omitted and distribution must end with a slash (/). This is
useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the archive
denoted by the URI is of interest. If distribution does not specify an
exact path, at least one component must be present.
So, if I have deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
in sources.list
it says I have a Debian archive which is based on "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/", the distribution is "quantal" and the components are "main" and "restricted".
21
Andsources.list
is in/etc/apt/
on 12.04.
– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
add a comment |
Like the answer by @Eric Carvalho deb
is not command line If you have deb then url like this:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib
Edit
Like commit of @muru, you need to create new file with the extension .list
into /etc/apt/source.list.d/
folder:
Example:
I want to download Oracle virtualbox, create new file :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox-trusty.list
Then copy and paste the line of deb into this file
1
1. It'sapt
, notopt
(though there is anopt
) and 2. Never edit/etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension.list
with that line.
– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making.list
files in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use/etc/profile.d
over/etc/profile
, arguably use/etc/sudoers.d
over/etc/sudoers
), butsources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files inX.d
to editingX
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them insources.list
.
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
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Deb isn't actually a command (I thought so too, at first) -- Assuming you are trying to download/install a deb, do this (for example):
wget http://whatever.com/whatever.deb
then dpkg -i whatever.deb
then run the commands:
sudo apt-get update
2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
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deb
is not a unix command. If you have a line like the following (source for docker):
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main
it is a line that must be available in your ubuntu sources.list
so that apt-get
can find future packages from this new source.
However, it's not a good practice to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list
file directly. Instead add the deb
line as an entry to a new .list
file inside the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
directory. We will create a docker.list
file like this:
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
Once done, remember to perform a sudo apt-get update
and you should now be able to find new packages from this source easily.
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This is not a CLI command.
This is information about some Debian package repository (used also by Ubuntu).
If you want to use this repository:
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
with administrator privileges.Add to this file a line with information about the repository starting with
deb ...
Save the file.
Run this command:
apt-get update
Now you will be able to use this repository.
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'deb' is not a command. It is used in /etc/apt/sources.list
file to indicate a Debian software repository.
From Ubuntu Manpage - sources.list:
The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
with the most preferred source listed first. The format of each line
is: type uri args. The first item, type determines the format for
args. uri is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which is a
superset of the more specific and well-known Universal Resource
Locator, or URL.
The deb type describes a typical two-level Debian archive,
distribution/component. The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the Debian
distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
distribution can specify an exact path, in which case the components
must be omitted and distribution must end with a slash (/). This is
useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the archive
denoted by the URI is of interest. If distribution does not specify an
exact path, at least one component must be present.
So, if I have deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
in sources.list
it says I have a Debian archive which is based on "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/", the distribution is "quantal" and the components are "main" and "restricted".
21
Andsources.list
is in/etc/apt/
on 12.04.
– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
add a comment |
'deb' is not a command. It is used in /etc/apt/sources.list
file to indicate a Debian software repository.
From Ubuntu Manpage - sources.list:
The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
with the most preferred source listed first. The format of each line
is: type uri args. The first item, type determines the format for
args. uri is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which is a
superset of the more specific and well-known Universal Resource
Locator, or URL.
The deb type describes a typical two-level Debian archive,
distribution/component. The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the Debian
distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
distribution can specify an exact path, in which case the components
must be omitted and distribution must end with a slash (/). This is
useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the archive
denoted by the URI is of interest. If distribution does not specify an
exact path, at least one component must be present.
So, if I have deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
in sources.list
it says I have a Debian archive which is based on "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/", the distribution is "quantal" and the components are "main" and "restricted".
21
Andsources.list
is in/etc/apt/
on 12.04.
– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
add a comment |
'deb' is not a command. It is used in /etc/apt/sources.list
file to indicate a Debian software repository.
From Ubuntu Manpage - sources.list:
The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
with the most preferred source listed first. The format of each line
is: type uri args. The first item, type determines the format for
args. uri is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which is a
superset of the more specific and well-known Universal Resource
Locator, or URL.
The deb type describes a typical two-level Debian archive,
distribution/component. The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the Debian
distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
distribution can specify an exact path, in which case the components
must be omitted and distribution must end with a slash (/). This is
useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the archive
denoted by the URI is of interest. If distribution does not specify an
exact path, at least one component must be present.
So, if I have deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
in sources.list
it says I have a Debian archive which is based on "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/", the distribution is "quantal" and the components are "main" and "restricted".
'deb' is not a command. It is used in /etc/apt/sources.list
file to indicate a Debian software repository.
From Ubuntu Manpage - sources.list:
The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
with the most preferred source listed first. The format of each line
is: type uri args. The first item, type determines the format for
args. uri is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which is a
superset of the more specific and well-known Universal Resource
Locator, or URL.
The deb type describes a typical two-level Debian archive,
distribution/component. The format for a sources.list entry using the
deb and deb-src types is:
deb [ options ] uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]
The URI for the deb type must specify the base of the Debian
distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs.
distribution can specify an exact path, in which case the components
must be omitted and distribution must end with a slash (/). This is
useful for when the case only a particular sub-section of the archive
denoted by the URI is of interest. If distribution does not specify an
exact path, at least one component must be present.
So, if I have deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
in sources.list
it says I have a Debian archive which is based on "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/", the distribution is "quantal" and the components are "main" and "restricted".
edited 9 hours ago
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answered Dec 26 '12 at 23:08
Eric CarvalhoEric Carvalho
41.7k17115147
41.7k17115147
21
Andsources.list
is in/etc/apt/
on 12.04.
– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
add a comment |
21
Andsources.list
is in/etc/apt/
on 12.04.
– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
21
21
And
sources.list
is in /etc/apt/
on 12.04.– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
And
sources.list
is in /etc/apt/
on 12.04.– Ahmed Fasih
Dec 4 '13 at 15:36
2
2
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
Can be useful if you say that "deb" lines are instructions added to Aptitude source lists. That would eliminate the amount of confusion this whole issue creates.
– Shahriyar Imanov
Jan 27 '14 at 10:08
add a comment |
Like the answer by @Eric Carvalho deb
is not command line If you have deb then url like this:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib
Edit
Like commit of @muru, you need to create new file with the extension .list
into /etc/apt/source.list.d/
folder:
Example:
I want to download Oracle virtualbox, create new file :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox-trusty.list
Then copy and paste the line of deb into this file
1
1. It'sapt
, notopt
(though there is anopt
) and 2. Never edit/etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension.list
with that line.
– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making.list
files in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use/etc/profile.d
over/etc/profile
, arguably use/etc/sudoers.d
over/etc/sudoers
), butsources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files inX.d
to editingX
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them insources.list
.
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
|
show 1 more comment
Like the answer by @Eric Carvalho deb
is not command line If you have deb then url like this:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib
Edit
Like commit of @muru, you need to create new file with the extension .list
into /etc/apt/source.list.d/
folder:
Example:
I want to download Oracle virtualbox, create new file :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox-trusty.list
Then copy and paste the line of deb into this file
1
1. It'sapt
, notopt
(though there is anopt
) and 2. Never edit/etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension.list
with that line.
– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making.list
files in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use/etc/profile.d
over/etc/profile
, arguably use/etc/sudoers.d
over/etc/sudoers
), butsources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files inX.d
to editingX
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them insources.list
.
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
|
show 1 more comment
Like the answer by @Eric Carvalho deb
is not command line If you have deb then url like this:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib
Edit
Like commit of @muru, you need to create new file with the extension .list
into /etc/apt/source.list.d/
folder:
Example:
I want to download Oracle virtualbox, create new file :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox-trusty.list
Then copy and paste the line of deb into this file
Like the answer by @Eric Carvalho deb
is not command line If you have deb then url like this:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib
Edit
Like commit of @muru, you need to create new file with the extension .list
into /etc/apt/source.list.d/
folder:
Example:
I want to download Oracle virtualbox, create new file :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox-trusty.list
Then copy and paste the line of deb into this file
edited Aug 20 '18 at 20:54
lgwilliams
1033
1033
answered Sep 11 '14 at 14:36
ahmed hamdyahmed hamdy
53959
53959
1
1. It'sapt
, notopt
(though there is anopt
) and 2. Never edit/etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension.list
with that line.
– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making.list
files in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use/etc/profile.d
over/etc/profile
, arguably use/etc/sudoers.d
over/etc/sudoers
), butsources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files inX.d
to editingX
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them insources.list
.
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
|
show 1 more comment
1
1. It'sapt
, notopt
(though there is anopt
) and 2. Never edit/etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension.list
with that line.
– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making.list
files in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in/etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use/etc/profile.d
over/etc/profile
, arguably use/etc/sudoers.d
over/etc/sudoers
), butsources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files inX.d
to editingX
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them insources.list
.
– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
1
1
1. It's
apt
, not opt
(though there is an opt
) and 2. Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension .list
with that line.– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1. It's
apt
, not opt
(though there is an opt
) and 2. Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list
to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository. Create a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
with the extension .list
with that line.– muru
Sep 11 '14 at 16:02
1
1
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making
.list
files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use /etc/profile.d
over /etc/profile
, arguably use /etc/sudoers.d
over /etc/sudoers
), but sources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@muru "Never edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add a line unless it is an Ubuntu mirror/official repository." Why? Sure, making
.list
files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
is what I do under these circumstances and is what I usually recommend. But I see no reason to insist manually added 3rd party software sources go in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
. Some conffiles are when possible best not edited by the user (e.g., use /etc/profile.d
over /etc/profile
, arguably use /etc/sudoers.d
over /etc/sudoers
), but sources.list
is often changed. (Even customized by Ubiquity to a regional mirror.)– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 6:06
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@EliahKagan when have you ever seen Ubiquity add a third-party repository (not mirror) to sources.list? Or for that matter, any official tool? sources.list.d is present for a reason. I will continue to insist that it be used for third-party repositories.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 7:41
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out
/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files in X.d
to editing X
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them in sources.list
.– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@muru Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mentioned Ubiquity's behavior to point out
/etc/apt/sources.list
isn't one of the conffiles that one can leave alone so as to facilitate smoother upgrading--as that is often (perhaps usually) the motivation behind strong suggestions to prefer making files in X.d
to editing X
. I am not suggesting Ubiquity enables third-party repos in any way. You haven't explained what's special about such repos, though, so as to make it actually wrong (i.e., "Never edit...") to put them in sources.list
.– Eliah Kagan
Sep 12 '14 at 7:49
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
@EliahKagan There's nothing "actually wrong" in doing so, if that's your problem with the statement. "Never [do X]" doesn't always mean that doing X is wrong, it can and does mean that doing X is bad practice ("Never use GOTO."). Happy, now? Repeat: I will continue to insist that sources.list.d be used for third party repositories and sources.list only for mirrors and official repos, unless you can give me a clear, sound, reason as to why it is a good idea not to do so.
– muru
Sep 12 '14 at 8:05
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Deb isn't actually a command (I thought so too, at first) -- Assuming you are trying to download/install a deb, do this (for example):
wget http://whatever.com/whatever.deb
then dpkg -i whatever.deb
then run the commands:
sudo apt-get update
2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
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Deb isn't actually a command (I thought so too, at first) -- Assuming you are trying to download/install a deb, do this (for example):
wget http://whatever.com/whatever.deb
then dpkg -i whatever.deb
then run the commands:
sudo apt-get update
2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
add a comment |
Deb isn't actually a command (I thought so too, at first) -- Assuming you are trying to download/install a deb, do this (for example):
wget http://whatever.com/whatever.deb
then dpkg -i whatever.deb
then run the commands:
sudo apt-get update
Deb isn't actually a command (I thought so too, at first) -- Assuming you are trying to download/install a deb, do this (for example):
wget http://whatever.com/whatever.deb
then dpkg -i whatever.deb
then run the commands:
sudo apt-get update
edited Jul 17 '16 at 17:28
answered Jul 16 '16 at 16:11
dylanh724dylanh724
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2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
add a comment |
2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
2
2
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
100% relevant, and better than the best answer above. He's obviously trying to download/install a .deb
– dylanh724
Jul 17 '16 at 17:33
add a comment |
deb
is not a unix command. If you have a line like the following (source for docker):
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main
it is a line that must be available in your ubuntu sources.list
so that apt-get
can find future packages from this new source.
However, it's not a good practice to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list
file directly. Instead add the deb
line as an entry to a new .list
file inside the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
directory. We will create a docker.list
file like this:
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
Once done, remember to perform a sudo apt-get update
and you should now be able to find new packages from this source easily.
add a comment |
deb
is not a unix command. If you have a line like the following (source for docker):
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main
it is a line that must be available in your ubuntu sources.list
so that apt-get
can find future packages from this new source.
However, it's not a good practice to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list
file directly. Instead add the deb
line as an entry to a new .list
file inside the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
directory. We will create a docker.list
file like this:
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
Once done, remember to perform a sudo apt-get update
and you should now be able to find new packages from this source easily.
add a comment |
deb
is not a unix command. If you have a line like the following (source for docker):
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main
it is a line that must be available in your ubuntu sources.list
so that apt-get
can find future packages from this new source.
However, it's not a good practice to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list
file directly. Instead add the deb
line as an entry to a new .list
file inside the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
directory. We will create a docker.list
file like this:
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
Once done, remember to perform a sudo apt-get update
and you should now be able to find new packages from this source easily.
deb
is not a unix command. If you have a line like the following (source for docker):
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main
it is a line that must be available in your ubuntu sources.list
so that apt-get
can find future packages from this new source.
However, it's not a good practice to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list
file directly. Instead add the deb
line as an entry to a new .list
file inside the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
directory. We will create a docker.list
file like this:
echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
Once done, remember to perform a sudo apt-get update
and you should now be able to find new packages from this source easily.
answered Dec 15 '16 at 2:58
Syed Rakib Al HasanSyed Rakib Al Hasan
393312
393312
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This is not a CLI command.
This is information about some Debian package repository (used also by Ubuntu).
If you want to use this repository:
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
with administrator privileges.Add to this file a line with information about the repository starting with
deb ...
Save the file.
Run this command:
apt-get update
Now you will be able to use this repository.
add a comment |
This is not a CLI command.
This is information about some Debian package repository (used also by Ubuntu).
If you want to use this repository:
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
with administrator privileges.Add to this file a line with information about the repository starting with
deb ...
Save the file.
Run this command:
apt-get update
Now you will be able to use this repository.
add a comment |
This is not a CLI command.
This is information about some Debian package repository (used also by Ubuntu).
If you want to use this repository:
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
with administrator privileges.Add to this file a line with information about the repository starting with
deb ...
Save the file.
Run this command:
apt-get update
Now you will be able to use this repository.
This is not a CLI command.
This is information about some Debian package repository (used also by Ubuntu).
If you want to use this repository:
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
with administrator privileges.Add to this file a line with information about the repository starting with
deb ...
Save the file.
Run this command:
apt-get update
Now you will be able to use this repository.
answered Sep 4 '18 at 10:23
simhumilecosimhumileco
180110
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