I want to add some Linuxmint packages to be installed in Ubuntu 14.04LTS. How can one add the Linuxmint (any version) repositories to ubuntu (any version) ?
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2What packages are you looking for specifically? If it is Cinnamon and Nemo you want, they are in a PPA (which is safer than adding Mint repos). – RolandiXor Aug 06 '14 at 17:17
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@RolandiXor I am not specifically looking for one package but some good functionality to add to my Ubuntu box from some other repositories. Such like Mint-X Gtk3+ themes and some Mate Desktop environment settings – Amit Rane Aug 07 '14 at 11:31
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I added the Linux Mint LTS release (Qiana or Mint 17) repositories to my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running the following commands through the terminal:
- Add the repository
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ qiana main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint.list'
- Now run an update to retrieve information about what packages are available:
sudo apt-get update
You'll see an error in the update highlighting that public key is not available for the Linux Mint repository just added:
GPG error: http://packages.linuxmint.com qiana Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY <em><Some scramble encryption number></em>
To avoid this, run another command to download the Linux Mint keyring:
sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyringIt will ask your permission to download, say yes.
Once downloaded, update your package database again:
sudo apt-get update
Now you'll see that the update is successful and without any error.
Once updated, we are ready to install any packages from linuxmint repositories.
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BTW - Is it safe to use mint packages in ubuntu? mintbackup for example? would it work ok? – WebComer Dec 05 '18 at 09:42