<p>Hi John,</p><p>A ppa can be removed simply through the Ubuntu Software Centre. Once you have the <b>Software Center</b> open <b>Software Sources</b> from the <b>edit</b> menu. Click on the edit tab. Now you can click on a software source and remove it by clicking <i>Remove</i> or simply <i>uncheck</i> it if you want to just disable it. No need to go editing config files.<br>
</p><p>I hope that helps.</p><p>Josh.<br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 5, 2012 5:16 PM, "<a href="mailto:john_cullen@purencool.com" target="_blank">john_cullen@purencool.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:john_cullen@purencool.com" target="_blank">john_cullen@purencool.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I have some ppa that are getting a 404 failed to get. I don't need
them at all but <br>
when I update the are starting to annoy me. I have found them in
the file path below <br>
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d but I cant remove them from the
file. It asks me to do the following <br>
<br>
"
============================================================================<br>
" Netrw Directory Listing
(netrw v143)<br>
" /etc/apt/sources.list.d<br>
" Sorted by name<br>
" Sort sequence:
[\/]$,\<core\%(\.\d\+\)\=\>,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,\~\=\*$,*,\.o$,\.obj$,\.info$,\.swp$,\.bak$,\~$<br>
" Quick Help: <F1>:help -:go up dir D:delete R:rename
s:sort-by x:exec<br>
"
============================================================================<br>
<br>
<br>
I am not confident enough to go further without knowing what is
going on. My question is what is going and is this the right way to
get rid of <br>
a ppa?<br>
<br>
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