[SOLVED] W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Anyone notice

Erm...

In my defence, I have no idea how PPA repository lines are supposed to look.

Also, I have an Inspector Dreyfus style tic activated by any mention of PPAs and it took over this time

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I found I couldn't open the offending file using sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d is my syntax incorrect?

/etc/apt/sources.list.d is a directory -- the offending files are contained within

Use this:

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# rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

The "*" symbol means "everything"

[hughparker1]

I found I couldn't open the offending file using sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d is my syntax incorrect?

/etc/apt/sources.list.d is a directory -- the offending files are contained within

Use this:

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# rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

The "*" symbol means "everything"

Thanks for your quick reply, I will try that. I appreciate everyone's help on this.
EDIT: I just realised there are two files in there for dropbox and I think I need them to stay as I have Dropbox running in background.

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hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/ubuntu wheezy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/ubuntu wheezy main
hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:~$ 

so how to just remove the other two files?

[dasein]

First, a process note. Please stop full quoting the message(s) you're replying to. It makes your post(s) much less readable.

I was inclined to do a fresh install but after reading your earlier post, maybe if I uninstall the packages and clean up the sources file, it would be alright.

Again, maybe. Maybe not.

The safe, smart thing to do is reinstall. No one here can know telepathically what's happened to your system in the last year.

Whether you choose Wheezy or Jessie is entirely up to do. Jessie has systemd by default; Wheezy doesn't, but as HoaS noted, Wheezy is no longer receiving "official" security updates.

[hughparker1]

Sorry for taking up so much time on this. I have considered all the advice and I think re-install is best and safest way forward.

I do appreciate all the help that I have been given, and I must say I'm very impressed with the attention to detail by everyone who has taken the time to answer my questions. this is a great forum (and distribution) Thanks to all.

[GarryRicketson]

so how to just remove the other two files?

Ok, you need to:

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$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
garry@debian:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ 

Then type :

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 ls 

( "ls ') will show you the files that are there, if any.
There is someting kind of odd, about what you show here:

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hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/ubuntu wheezy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/ubuntu wheezy main
hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:~$ 

It would be best if you can post the oput put of the "ls" command, first.
A directory should have files with filenames,..what you show here makes me think sources.list.d is a file, not a directory...so I am confused.
Also type :

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pwd

and show us what it says.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

A directory should have files with filenames,..what you show here makes me think sources.list.d is a file, not a directory...so I am confused.

My `cat` command lumped the content of all the files together and printed them all out in one go (if you see what I mean)

[hughparker1]

here is output for ls command ..

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hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls
dropbox.list  dropbox.list.save  jfi-ppa-wheezy.list
hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ 

also pwd...

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hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ pwd
/etc/apt/sources.list.d
hugh@hp530-vm-debian-7-lxde:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ 

[GarryRicketson]

Sorry for taking up so much time on this. I have considered all the advice and I think re-install is best and safest way forward.

I do appreciate all the help that I have been given, and I must say I'm very impressed with the attention to detail by everyone who has taken the time to answer my questions. this is a great forum (and distribution) Thanks to all.

Well, ok what ever,... Either way, it might be worth taking the time to read and study on the basic linux commands, so you can learn to move around using the commandline,
it really is much more efficient and easier then using file managers and GUIs, and when you need to edit a file,delete , or make a new file, remove a directory, create a directory , what ever, it is a simple matter of typing "su" enter the password, do what you need to ,and exit.
It is not a good idea to stay "logged in" as root, so it is important to exit after you finish.
Here is one,
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/use ... asics.html
but there are many, if you do a search and look at various ones, then when you find one you like best, use that.
Also, the "man" command is about the most usefull,...for example, H_O_A_S gave you insructions using the cat command,

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 man cat 

I mention the "ls" command,

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man ls

and so on ...

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H_O_A_S> My `cat` command lumped the content of all the files together and printed them all out in one go (if you see what I mean)

Oh, ok, yea, I see what you mean...

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This is assumeing you are still in the directory, "sources.list.d"
H_O_A_S replied with a easier more direct way, using the full path,
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$ su
password: enter the rootpassword
  
#rm jfi-ppa-wheezy.list 

That will remove the one file that has the ppas, you can also open the others, and edit them either using "su" or sudo,..then either the "vi" editor or "nano" is best, to edit them.
hope this makes sense, it seems easy to me, but explaining is a whole other ball game.
Once one gets used to the CLI, though it really is easier, faster ,bla bla, as I all ready said, and the more you use it, the more commands you start getting memorized,etc.
But also the "arrow key" up or down let you scroll through the history and find commands,and syntaxes that are hard to remember, then you just hit enter to run it.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

@OP: use:

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# rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jfi-ppa-wheezy.list

Or simply open your file manager as root (be careful!) and delete the file at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jfi-ppa-wheezy.list

[hughparker1]

I ran the command ...

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$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jfi-ppa-wheezy.list

file removed successfully, then ran...

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$ sudo apt-get update

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$ sudo apt-get upgrade

no errors this time

I am a lot wiser now and I will definitely read the links suggested to improve my knowledge. I have downloaded debian-live-8.3.0-i386-lxde and will do a clean install later this week when time permits.

Many thanks once again for all your help. great feedback.

[GarryRicketson]

That is good, another option you may have depending on how much disk space you have available on your HD,

I have downloaded debian-live-8.3.0-i386-lxde and will do a clean install later this week when time permits.

After you burn the "Live" DVD, (or CD), you should be able to use it to resize your partitition that has Wheezt on it, create a new partition, and install Debian 8 on the new partition. Since I like Wheezy, that is what I did, and that way you can have both.

[hughparker1]

That is good, another option you may have depending on how much disk space you have available on your HD,
After you burn the "Live" DVD, (or CD), you should be able to use it to resize your partitition that has Wheezt on it, create a new partition, and install Debian 8 on the new partition. Since I like Wheezy, that is what I did, and that way you can have both.

Thanks, I did as you suggested and installed Debian 8 on another partition. Everything went well except I have a delay when I boot pc. I created a new post to explain what is showing on screen....
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=127005