Comments on: How to Fix ‘Repository does not have a release file’ Error in Ubuntu

By: saiteja

saiteja — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:23:34 +0000

thanks..! working for me

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:53:50 +0000

So no other solution is offered other than removing the offending ppa? How about a way to disable the restriction on a case by case basis so as to use the software we would like to?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:26:56 +0000

Hi I’m facing this error which does not allow me to install g++ package

W: The repository ‘file: Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can’t be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

By: Shaon Ghosh

Shaon Ghosh — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:52:12 +0000

In reply to James Kiarie. Hi James, thank you. I missed this message. I think I tried several things later and rm of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ldg.list* probably fixed the issue, which I see what you suggested as well. That makes me feel good because I was always worried that I might have used a hacky method, which seems to be not the case given that you are also suggesting this.

By: Rohullah`

Rohullah` — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:03:23 +0000

Hi there, the error I am facing as below:

E: The repository ‘https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/nvbn-rm/ppa/ubuntu jammy 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.

By: James Kiarie

James Kiarie — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:52:21 +0000

In reply to Shaon Ghosh. Hello Shaon. It appears the application was not installed from a PPA. In that case, try uninstalling the package associated with the application and remove the entry in the /etc/sources/list file or /etc/sources.d/ directory. Then try and update your system. Let me know if it helps.

By: Shaon Ghosh

Shaon Ghosh — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:19:16 +0000

I have a slightly different situation. I think have an older version of package that is no longer supported. Now I do not know how to remove this. Here is the error message I am seeing:

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Ign:8 ‘http://software.igwn.org/gridtools/debian focal InRelease’
Err:10 ‘http://software.igwn.org/gridtools/debian focal Release’
404 Not Found [IP: 129.89.61.17 80]
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘http://software.ligo.org/gridtools/debian focal Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
###################
It does not have PPA name specified. What is the correct way of removing this?

By: James Kiarie

James Kiarie — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 22:41:37 +0000

In reply to David.

Hey David, the error, as you might have guessed it implies that the PPA is not supported for Ubuntu 21.04 – Hirsuite Hippo – which is the release you are installing on. I’d suggest removing it and try to find one that actually supports your OS version.

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:03:29 +0000

I’m seeing the error on a recently installed Hirsute …

E: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu hirsute 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.

I understand that random third party PPAs might come and go but this looks like the main one for Hirsute . How is that possible?

By: sokha

sokha — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 02:07:31 +0000

Thanks it is working for me now