[Qgis-user] Ubuntu updating instructions

[Nyall Dawson]

On 13 September 2016 at 13:08, Dave Kimble <dave.kimble at riseup.net> wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 and QGIS 2.8.6 .
> Help > Check Version > says there is v2.16.2 ,
> but the instructions at
> http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#debian-ubuntu
> for how to do it are totally baffling.

Hi Dave!

If you're not comfortable with these instructions, I'd probably
suggest sticking with the version provided by your distribution and
wait till QGIS is updated in the repos (ie, with Ubuntu 16.10).

Nyall

>
> I've never had to edit /etc/apt/sources.list before,
> and I don't like the look of the example:
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu xenial main
> I don't want an unstable package!,
> I've never had to remove a package before installing a more recent version,
> do you expect me to remove a working package and replace with one from an
> unstable repository?
>
> Normally I would expect to add-apt-repository and update.
> When I do that I get lots of ign: lines then
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu xenial
> 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.
> E: Failed to fetch
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages
> 404  Not Found
> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
> used instead.
> $
>
> - http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu/dists/ doesn't have a
> /xenial/ folder
>
> Obviously I need some help here, but it really shouldn't be necessary.
>
> Dave
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