Unable to remove a PPA using the command: "ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu/ jammy main"

daveh

5/13/24, 6:12 AM

sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease                                                
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease                                                          
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease                                                             
Ign:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease        
Err:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.52 443]
Reading package lists... Done                              
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/shutter/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.

See Err:6 above. I tried to do a ppa-purge:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:shutter/ppa
Updating packages lists
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jammy Release' does not have a Release file.
Warning:  apt-get update failed for some reason

Apparently I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what it is. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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Nmath

5/13/24, 8:23 AM

The target of your ppa-purge command is invalid.

The problematic PPA is ppa:shutter/ppa.

To remove it, use:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:shutter/ppa

Assuming there are no other issues, you can update your system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

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daveh

5/15/24, 5:20 AM

I edited the body of the post to show what happens with the suggested ppa-purge. I'm still looking for help with this as it is still not working.

Nmath

5/15/24, 6:25 AM

There are a number of other ways to remove PPAs or sources. Try [this answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/173199) or [remove them](https://askubuntu.com/a/173209) from your sources list by manually deleting or commenting the lines. If none of these help, can you tell us how you added this PPA to begin with?

daveh

5/16/24, 5:17 AM

I was able to remove the ppa via ``` sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:shutter/ppa ``` at that point I could then update and upgrade my system. Thank you Nmath

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