Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

[Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com>]

On 1/3/20 2:42 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello Das,
>
> On 03/01/2020 13:09, das wrote:
> > > You are mixing Ubuntu with Debian here: we cannot install Ubuntu packages on Debian (and vice versa).
> > > You have to choose either Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to play with ppa stuff, you must choose Ubuntu.
> > > If you want to stick to Debian and install the PPA material, you may to consider to build your own Debian
> > > packages from the Debian source that might be provided by PPA. This might be a fluid process or not.
> > Thank you Jerome for this rapid response. I have understood what you
> > said, but I do not know how to solve this problem.
> >
> > I do know nothing about Debian or Ubuntu. For a little less than two
> > decades I was using Fedora. So, please give me some practical
> > suggestion.
> >
> > This is the content of my '/etc/apt/sources.list':
> >
> > <<
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
> >
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main
> > contrib non-free
> >
> > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
> your sources.list  is sane.
>
> Do you have any file in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d' ?
>
>
> > I am getting no mention of Ubuntu here. But, still I am getting that
> > error message about 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu
> > focal InRelease' from Synaptic. How to correct this error?
> PPA stuff is foreign to Debian: at one point some ubuntu material was introduce either by you
> or somewhere else (in thsi case, it is a bug).
> Ubuntu is build upon Debian, and bring its own stuff and policy. It is also more oriented
> to regular user. But coming from Fedora, I guess that you are familiar with UN*X.
there is a method to create packages from a PPA.
I have not tried it but this may work:
https://wiki.debian.org/CreatePackageFromPPA
> I would forget synpatic and use the command interface tools: aptidute(1), or better apt(1)
> (along sudo  or as root). I am not a fan of graphical interfaces.
Synaptic should work, it is a great tool.
as mentioned above check

`/etc/apt/sources.list.d'

> > Thanks
> > Das