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I am running Ubuntu 18.04 in WSL1 on my Windows computer

When I try to run apt-get update I see the following in the output:

Err:8 https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian  Release
   404  Not Found [IP: 3.95.117.170 443]
E: The repository 'https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian  Release' no longer has a Release file.

I have tried the following solutions:

  • apt-get clean: successful, but still can run apt-get update
  • apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories: still get the same error
  • apt-get update && apt-get –yes –force-yes –fix-missing –auto-remove –allow-unauthenticated --allow-insecure-repositories –show-upgraded –option DPkg::Options::=“–force-confold” dist-upgrade: same error

How can I run the update?

quantumbutterfly
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I was able to remove the bad repo with the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove "deb http://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /"
sudo rm -fv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
sudo rm -fv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list.save
sudo apt update
quantumbutterfly
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  • After a release goes EOSS (end of standard support) sources are free to drop support for it thus the issue is to be expected. Many build sites only allow standard accounts to build for supported releases, thus PPAs are either stale (unpatched) and dropping support is the recommended option. A better strategy is to move to a supported release; as errors only appear on the dropped sources, and not for the equally dangerous stale or abandoned sources. – guiverc Oct 16 '23 at 02:59