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A Personal Package Archive (PPA) is a special software repository for uploading source packages to be built and published as an APT repository by Launchpad. While the term is used exclusively within Ubuntu, Launchpad host Canonical envisions adoption beyond the Ubuntu community. == See also == GNU Privacy Guard Package manager == External links == PPAs for Ubuntu Packaging/PPA Add a Launchpad PPA repository to Ubuntu == References... ==

Zacharee1

ah

Thomas Ward

@Zacharee1 the 'default' that comes available to all images is the Ubuntu Repositories

PPAs are extra, third party repositories hosted on Launchpad, and are not managed by Ubuntu

Zacharee1

terminology is what got me

but the default repos are moved to an archive server aren't they?

Thomas Ward

old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases

but yes, on old-releases.ubuntu.com

Zacharee1

7:07 PM

I thought there was an archive.ubuntu.com or something

Nathan Osman

2

Thomas Ward

@Zacharee1 for supported releases, yes, archive.ubuntu.com points to a subset of the mirrors

Zacharee1

oh

Thomas Ward

@Zacharee1 EOL releases eventually move from the standard archive servers/mirrors to old-releases, and are then read-only

Zacharee1

hmm

user136984

7:08 PM

\o :)

Thomas Ward

236

Q: How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?

Recently I have installed an older version of Ubuntu on my old machine. When ever I am trying to install any software it is giving error sudo -i apt-get install vlc The error being flagged is under below. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading st...

release-management

@ParanoidPanda hello!

Rinzwind

Regarding old releases: mind that for PHONES 15.04 is still ON TOPIC

Pandy! \o

Zacharee1

@ParanoidPanda you look like some weird perplexed alien

Rinzwind

looks @Zacharee1 ?

he is!

user136984

I am? :D

Zacharee1

7:09 PM

that message at least

user136984

Ah...

Rinzwind

me being sassy: askubuntu.com/questions/803255/…

Zacharee1

the usual*

Rinzwind

watching a stephen seagal movie still makes me wonder WHY am I watching this.

Thomas Ward

me squishing bugs in Ubuntu:

4

Zacharee1

7:16 PM

lol

Thomas Ward

has random images lying around on his hard drive

Zacharee1

seems so

@Rinzwind now watch Adam Sandler

Rinzwind

@Zacharee1 no thanks. I refuse to watch ANY movie with him in it.

heck even Seagal has a few good movies. AS has ZERO.
I am so not into american "comedy"

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@ThomasWard Your the evil mod! :O

@ParanoidPanda chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/29844593#29844593

Thomas Ward

@HenryWHHackv2.0 lol? No, I am not...

I'm not evil here.

I am VIOLENTLY EVIL against bugs in the software I keep an eye on and work on though

Rinzwind

7:19 PM

@HenryWHHackv2.0 that would be seth >:-)

see here -> askubuntu.com/questions/803255/…

closes it but does not even say HI in chat :=D

Thomas Ward

you should ping him. Then he'll say hello.

Rinzwind

no he would kick me for pinging him saying hi :=)

he's evil remember

Zacharee1

yikes

Thomas Ward

Some people say I am evil. Others say I am as kind as a kitten.

Zacharee1

@Rinzwind if you ping him with something to close, he'll do it without responding

@ThomasWard lol right

Thomas Ward

7:22 PM

and some people say I am the destroyer of worlds.

but those people usually are baddies on IRC who would get banned anyways.

user136984

Anyone know anything about converting an ArrayList into a String in Java? It doesn't like casting... Well, the IDE says that casting is fine, but the compiler throws an error...

user136984

Saying that it can't cast an ArrayList to a String.

Rinzwind

@ParanoidPanda sure

join them :=)

var h ='';
var i = [];
h = i.join();

I think it was something like that

you get a comma sep. string

user136984

Ok, thanks! :)

user136984

I will have another go then...

user136984

7:25 PM

Do you know anything about the special Java class for storing preferences? Because maybe that would be better for this than an ArrayList...

Rinzwind

wait arrayList?

Seth

can't you just iterate over the list items and concatenate them to a string? not pretty, but I imagine it would work.

Rinzwind

:P

@Seth yes you can. slow though :D

Seth

true

Rinzwind

@ParanoidPanda I read javaSCRIPT for some reason

String[] a = b.toArray(new String[b.size()]);
is JAVA

user136984

7:28 PM

Unless there is a way of going through an ArrayList and checking for certain values without putting it into a String? Because I currently have a 2D one which is like a table (rows with columns in them) and I basically just need to go through each column and check what is in it... I also need to do certain things when I find certain characters, but I can't seem to treat each character as an individual character, it's forcing me to treat the whole lot as just a section.

Rinzwind

I hate Java. But not as much as a hate PHP :=)

eol askubuntu.com/questions/803226/…

user136984

Who here has Ubuntu Membership and can edit the Ubuntu Wiki site?

Seth

raises hand

user136984

@Seth: Well, this page needs updating with the 16.04.1 release.

Sandro

can i use windows server to run php code

user136984

7:34 PM

@Sandro: And what has that got to do with Ubuntu?

Rinzwind

:3130646 you cant use windows server on ubuntu

Seth

@ParanoidPanda go ahead and make the edit to the raw text and email it to me

Sandro

i had terrible time with ubuntu

Rinzwind

SEE @ParanoidPanda told you! evil! EVIL I say!

user136984

@Sandro: Then go to SuperUser, not AskUbuntu.

Sandro

7:35 PM

Super user for what

user136984

@Seth: Ok, guess I could do that... Just give me a moment then...

Rinzwind

@Sandro well not everone is suited for Ubuntu.

@Sandro for windows relates questions? you can ask about windows there

Sandro

Aha thanks

user136984

@Sandro: This place is about Ubuntu, if you want to ask non-Ubuntu related questions then please go to Super User instead (more for Windows questions).

Sandro

i only have problem with mysql

i don't know it is installed

not installed

Rinzwind

7:37 PM

@ParanoidPanda it would be fun if the morning mods show up and this chat is FULL with Windows chats >:-)

Sandro

what happend

i do sudo mysql service start

i get ton of help text

Rinzwind

where to start askubuntu.com/questions/803265/… @seth :D

Seth

@Rinzwind with that

Rinzwind

@Seth close voting? D:

do you prefer one? :D

Seth

I don't care :p

Rinzwind

7:40 PM

ok >:-D

user136984

7:59 PM

@Seth: Ok, I think I've fixed the wiki page. What's your email?

Seth

sethj@ubuntu.com

user136984

Got it!

Seth

I would upload the raw text to the ubuntu pastebin and just email the link

email itself doesn't work the best for raw text w/ code.

user136984

Can't I just attach the text file I've got it in?

Seth

oh that works too

user136984

8:04 PM

@Seth: Ok, sent! :)

Seth

thanks

Motorola confirms that it will not commit to monthly Android security updates.

Everything went downhill when Lenovo bought them :(

user136984

@Seth: Do you also have the ability to delete pages on the wiki?

Seth

yeah

user136984

@Seth: I have a personal page up there with some personal info, and more in the edit history for instance... As I no longer have edit access there I would prefer for the page to be removed. If I email you the link could you do it?

Seth

yeah

Videonauth

8:18 PM

As #Windows10 free upgrade is about to end, I re-introduce Bill to you. #Linux https://t.co/uOkekHigzO

Tweeted by itsfoss on July 26, 2016 at 7:52 PM

Seth

@ParanoidPanda there is a process to get edit access though. It should be pretty easy if you have any number of previous wiki contributions to show.

user136984

@Seth: I've requested to join the Ubuntu Wiki Editors on LaunchPad, is that all there is to it?

user136984

Maybe I'll wait then until they accept me before I deal with my page...

Seth

@ParanoidPanda yeah, but it's easier if you talk to an admin and/or have someone vouch for you. They have spam problems and I suspect, with the level you go to not show anything about your real self, they might not approve you.

oh ok, your LP profile looks fine.

user136984

@Seth: So do you think that I already have a good chance of being approved and should just wait? Or still try and contact them?

Seth

8:26 PM

I think you have a good chance.

how long have you been waiting?

user136984

I only just pressed the button to join! :D

user136984

Like 5 minutes ago...

user136984

I should expect it to take no more than a few days, or a week maybe. If it takes longer then I will contact one of their admins.

user136984

Oh dear, I suddenly just got really really hungry...

user136984

Looks for food... Finds food... Starts eating! ;D

user136984

8:33 PM

And eating...

user136984

And eating...

user136984

And apparently I just found a way round the thing which prevents two of the same message in a row! :D

Videonauth

"If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Brigstocke

3

hilarious

in germany they debate again about killer-games

Seth

anyone know of a good gui diff viewer that I can just paste text into?

I was using Meld Diff Viewer but it requires the text to be in files..

Videonauth

8:49 PM

Only a workaround solution @Seth, use a gist paste the first text, then edit and paste the second text.

Seth

@Videonauth that's actually quite clever

Videonauth

This way you even kann have multiple revisions saved and you can diff them on the revisions tab

and if you dont really want them to be public you can delete the gis afterwards

Nathan Osman

9:44 PM

@Seth diffchecker.com

Seth

10:07 PM

@NathanOsman nice

Nathan Osman

10:25 PM

> "There were 6270 failed login attempts since the last successful login."

O_o

That was a rather frightening statistic, CentOS.

user136984

@Nathan: I hope that the last successful login was by you (or whoever owns the system)...

Nathan Osman

Password logins are disabled on this machine.

user136984

Anyway, I think I'm going to use the Properties class instead of an ArrayList or String Array...

user136984

@Nathan: Ah, that's good. So how exactly do you login?

Nathan Osman

With an RSA key.

user136984

10:30 PM

Ah... And is the machine remote or has someone been breaking into your house (I'm going to hope these are at least remotely attempted logins)?

Nathan Osman

This is a CentOS server in a datacenter, so no - not my house :D

user136984

Oh! Well that's a relief! :D

user136984

Unless you've recently turned your house into a datacentre that is... ;P

Nathan Osman

Nope. Definitely not.

Too noisy.

edwinksl

not to mention the heat generated

Zacharee1

10:34 PM

@edwinksl he's in Canada though. It's cold up there :p

edwinksl

pretty sure it is hot as hell in summer though :P

Nathan Osman

Can I please have $40,000?

ebay.ca/itm/PHANTOM-Flex-HD-HIGH-SPEED-CAMERA-Make-Offer-/…

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman go to getfreemoneys.notasc.am

edwinksl

@Zacharee1 ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

Zacharee1

darn

stupid govt taking down these totally not scam sites

user136984

10:41 PM

Anyone have any experience settings values in the java.util.Properties class?

user136984

Well, if anyone does know anything then please ping me, but it's getting late here so I'm off to bed now.

user136984

Goodnight! :)

edwinksl

haven't used java in a while :(

night

@Zacharee1 can't even find it in wayback machine web.archive.org/web*/getfreemoneys.notasc.am

such a scam

Zacharee1

@edwinksl I completely made that address up lol

edwinksl

i know, but i was half suspecting someone may have used it

world is big and full of idiots :D

Mateo

11:10 PM

found a duck hunt engine that is MIT license - going to change the assets and make it "Tux Hunt" ;p

should I make the dog the GNU mascot? or any other suggestions?

Nathan Osman

Does anyone know where CentOS stores root certificates?

I thought it was /etc/ssl/certs but apparently it isn't.

Thomas Ward

@NathanOsman CentOS 7 or 6?

/me can spin up a VM and find out :P

Nathan Osman

6.

Thomas Ward

mmkay. @NathanOsman /etc/pki/... somewhere maybe?

Nathan Osman

Wait.

It might be CentOS 7.

Lemme double check.

CentOS 7.2.

Sorry about that.

Thomas Ward

11:23 PM

not a problem, still check the path i said

looks to see if he has a CentOS 7 VM here

Nathan Osman

[root@master ~]# ls /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors
[root@master ~]#

Seems to be empty.

Thomas Ward

bleh i lost mine :/

Nathan Osman

[root@master ~]# tree /etc/pki/
/etc/pki/
├── CA
│   ├── certs
│   ├── crl
│   ├── newcerts
│   └── private
├── ca-trust
│   ├── ca-legacy.conf
│   ├── extracted
│   │   ├── java
│   │   │   ├── cacerts
│   │   │   └── README
│   │   ├── openssl
│   │   │   ├── ca-bundle.trust.crt
│   │   │   └── README
│   │   ├── pem
│   │   │   ├── email-ca-bundle.pem
│   │   │   ├── objsign-ca-bundle.pem
│   │   │   ├── README
│   │   │   └── tls-ca-bundle.pem
│   │   └── README
│   ├── README
│   └── source

Here's the deal - I need to bind mount the directory that contains the root certificates into a Docker container that uses them for accessing some data over HTTPS.

Thomas Ward

oh

that's not going to be easy heh

gah, stupid internet

I can't get the ISOs to set up new VMs :/

and i can't find my existing ones

Nathan Osman

I know the host has the right certificates somewhere because I can curl https://whatever.com without issues.

But the container doesn't ship with any certificates.

Thomas Ward

11:26 PM

@NathanOsman you could always ask on Unix and Linux...