How do I remove a repository from the terminal?
Solution 1
You would need to locate the specific lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
Open the sources file with some editor while using sudo, such as vim (I personally use nano
, but you can use whatever you want):
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
Locate the lines which contain the broken link, and remove them. Save the files, then run sudo apt-get update
after you save the file and close out the editor. Your sources will be updated to work with the non-broken repositories.
Note that if the lines don't show up in /etc/apt/sources.list
then they'll exist in other files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
in which case you'll have to go through the files in that directory and comment out the broken source definition there.
Solution 2
If you need to manage PPAs then this question is for you:
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Alvar
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Alvar about 1 year
I have a Banshee link that is wrong and I need to remove it, how do I do it from the Terminal? I have the incorrect link, I have the correct one as well.
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bitwelder over 12 yearsNote: it is possible that the repositories are not only written in the single file /etc/apt/sources.list, but distributed in several files (one per repository) inside the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
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Thomas Ward over 12 yearsTrue, but the first place to look would be
/etc/apt/sources.list
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Admin over 1 yearthis work for me, thank you