| 2012-05-09 22:33:44 |
Eric Hammond |
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| 2012-05-09 22:39:15 |
Eric Hammond |
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| 2012-05-09 22:40:38 |
Eric Hammond |
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Based on a discussion at UDS-Q a simple command is desired to be able to add/enable "multiverse" and/or "-backports" in the apt repositories on a system.
Background: Right now, it is trivial to add a PPA to the apt sources using the apt-add-repository command. For example, I can tell somebody on IRC/email/blog to run these commands:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:awstools-dev/awstools && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elbcli
Presto! They have the correct package installed and this works on a number of different Ubuntu releases.
Unfortunately, it is much more common to point people to the more popular "multiverse" (and occasionally "-backports") sections of the standard apt repositories, but it is much more difficult to describe how to enable these.
For example, to install the ec2-api-tools currently available in multiverse, I have to provide non-standard and confusing instructions like:
# Enable "multiverse" in your apt sources using something like
sudo perl -pi -e 'next if /-backports/; s/^# (deb.* multiverse)$/$1/' /etc/apt/sources.list
# unless you're on an older version of Ubuntu which has a different sources.list format,
# in which case you might need to use something like:
sudo perl -pi -e 's%(universe)$%$1 multiverse%' /etc/apt/sources.list
# then
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools
I would much rather be able to simply say something like:
sudo apt-add-source multiverse && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools
(I don't care about the name of the tool. I just want it to be easy to provide in instructions.)
In addition to "multiverse" it would be nice to support "-backports" and perhaps "partner".
Ideally, this would be available for all active Ubuntu releases, but getting it in going forward would be a good start.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.2.0-23.36-virtual 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 9 21:50:13 2012
Ec2AMI: ami-a29943cb
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1a
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: aki-825ea7eb
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) |
Based on a discussion at UDS-Q a simple command is desired to be able to add/enable "multiverse" and/or "-backports" in the apt repositories on a system.
Background: Right now, it is trivial to add a PPA to the apt sources using the apt-add-repository command. For example, I can tell somebody on IRC/email/blog to run these commands:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:awstools-dev/awstools &&
sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install elbcli
Presto! They have the correct package installed and this works on a number of different Ubuntu releases.
Unfortunately, it is much more common to point people to the more popular "multiverse" (and occasionally "-backports") sections of the standard apt repositories, but it is much more difficult to describe how to enable these.
For example, to install the ec2-api-tools currently available in multiverse, I have to provide non-standard and confusing instructions like:
# Enable "multiverse" in your apt sources using something like
sudo perl -pi -e \
'next if /-backports/; s/^# (deb.* multiverse)$/$1/' /etc/apt/sources.list
# unless you're on an older version of Ubuntu which has a different sources.list
# format, in which case you might need to use something like:
sudo perl -pi -e 's%(universe)$%$1 multiverse%' /etc/apt/sources.list
# then
sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools
I would much rather be able to simply say something like:
sudo apt-add-source multiverse &&
sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools
(I don't care about the name of the tool. I just want it to be easy to provide in instructions.)
In addition to "multiverse" it would be nice to support "-backports" and perhaps "partner".
Ideally, this would be available for all active Ubuntu releases, but getting it in going forward would be a good start.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.2.0-23.36-virtual 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 9 21:50:13 2012
Ec2AMI: ami-a29943cb
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1a
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: aki-825ea7eb
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) |
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| 2012-05-10 00:04:43 |
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot |
affects |
ubuntu |
apt (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-05-10 06:01:24 |
Robert Roth |
apt (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
Wishlist |
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| 2012-05-10 06:01:26 |
Robert Roth |
apt (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2012-05-10 06:01:29 |
Robert Roth |
bug |
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added subscriber Robert Roth |
| 2012-05-10 06:07:57 |
Robert Roth |
affects |
apt (Ubuntu) |
software-properties (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-05-10 17:24:43 |
Robert Roth |
software-properties (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Incomplete |
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| 2012-05-10 18:00:44 |
Eric Hammond |
software-properties (Ubuntu): status |
Incomplete |
Confirmed |
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| 2012-05-10 19:12:46 |
Robert Roth |
attachment added |
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add-apt-source utility first implementation https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/997371/+attachment/3140542/+files/add-apt-source |
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| 2012-05-14 09:50:08 |
Robert Roth |
software-properties (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Robert Roth (evfool) |
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| 2012-05-14 09:50:13 |
Robert Roth |
software-properties (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2012-06-05 18:53:18 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~evfool/software-properties/lp997371 |
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| 2012-06-14 19:42:27 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~evfool/software-properties/lp997371 |
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| 2012-08-27 08:00:14 |
Launchpad Janitor |
software-properties (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-08-27 08:00:14 |
Launchpad Janitor |
cve linked |
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2012-0955 |
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| 2012-08-27 08:14:14 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/software-properties |
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