Hi, 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 > Hit:1 > <https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-releaseHit:1> > http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease > Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 > kB] > Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 > kB] > Ign:4 https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > bionic InRelease > Err:5 https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release > bionic Release > 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.89.222 443] > Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease > [74.6 kB] > Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 > Metadata [48.5 kB] > Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 > DEP-11 Metadata [60.3 kB] > Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 > Packages [1,288 kB] > Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 > DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] > Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 > Packages [2,070 kB] > Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 > DEP-11 Metadata [294 kB] > Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 > Packages [1,735 kB] > Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 > Packages [1,567 kB] > Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 > DEP-11 Metadata [290 kB] > Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse > amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,468 B] > Get:17 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. > > $ 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. Cheers, Ralph
