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Sumeet Deshmukh
Asked: 2019-02-15 02:23:58 +0800 CST

PPA's are completely broken in 18.04.1, any possible solutions?

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I tried adding a lot of PPA's in my newly installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 (LTS)

PPA for Adapta

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tista/adapta

PPA for Macbuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/macbuntu

and I waited for a long time and then I got this output

[sudo] password for sumeet: 
 This PPA is dedicated to Macbuntu transformation pack for Ubuntu.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/ubuntu/macbuntu
 Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

I pressed "Enter" key and got this

Error: retrieving gpg key timed out.
^Z
[1]+  Stopped                 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/macbuntu

I've tried Rebooting and I've tried reinstalling the complete operating system. I've tried to add more than 10 PPA's

ppa apt 18.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It means that your system cannot access keyserver.ubuntu.com due some Network erros.
    But you can manually add key for this repository(here is example for adapta).

    1. Go to ppa repository on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~tista/+archive/ubuntu/adapta
    2. Expand(click) at Technical details about this PPA Thechnical details
    3. Click on the Signing keyenter image description here
    4. It will forward you to keyserver.ubuntu.com where you can manually download Public key for ppa repository. Click on link and you will get the the public key Click
    5. Copy public key as text file on your system. Only parts from BEGIN and AND (including lines with begin and end) Public key
    6. Import this key with ubuntu's Software and Updates in Authentication tab.
    7. Issue sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install adapta-gtk-theme

    If it works than contact you ISP about this issue.
    If it fails please provide your console output.

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  2. For me it was some issue with IPv6.

    I went to Settings -> Network -> Wired -> IPv6 and changed "IPv6 Method" from "Disable" to "Automatic". After that I disabled and re-enabled the connection and tried again.

    The command worked much faster and I didn't get time out error anymore.

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