How do I remove a repository from the terminal?

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I have a Banshee link that is wrong and I need to remove it, how do I do it from the Terminal? I have the incorrect link, I have the correct one as well.

Thomas Ward · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-18T13:30:48.283

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You would need to locate the specific lines in /etc/apt/sources.list

Open the sources file with some editor while using sudo, such as vim (I personally use nano, but you can use whatever you want):

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

Locate the lines which contain the broken link, and remove them. Save the files, then run sudo apt-get update after you save the file and close out the editor. Your sources will be updated to work with the non-broken repositories.

Note that if the lines don't show up in /etc/apt/sources.list then they'll exist in other files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ in which case you'll have to go through the files in that directory and comment out the broken source definition there.

edited Mar 18 '21 at 13:30

answered Apr 20 '11 at 17:12

Thomas Ward

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Note: it is possible that the repositories are not only written in the single file /etc/apt/sources.list, but distributed in several files (one per repository) inside the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ – bitwelder Apr 20 '11 at 17:21
True, but the first place to look would be /etc/apt/sources.list – Thomas Ward Apr 20 '11 at 20:36
this work for me, thank you – Phạm Huy Phát Apr 29 '22 at 03:58

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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If you need to manage PPAs then this question is for you:

How can PPAs be removed?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Apr 20 '11 at 17:25

Jorge Castro

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How do I remove a repository from the terminal?

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