xfce4-gtk3 does not have a Release file

Question

I have problem with xfce4-gtk3 because when updating I get error

The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/xfce4-gtk3/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.

Here is complete output of apt update

$ sudo apt update
Ign:1 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily InRelease
Hit:3 http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily Release                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]                                                                                                                                                                                             
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                     
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                                                                       
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]                                                                                                                                                                      
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mystic-mirage/pycharm/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                                 
Hit:11 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_6.x xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                 
Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                    
Hit:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                          
Hit:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/peek-developers/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                               
Hit:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                            
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]                                                                                                                                   
Hit:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                                       
Ign:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/xfce4-gtk3/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                         
Err:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/xfce4-gtk3/ubuntu xenial Release                                                                                                           
  403  Forbidden
Ign:20 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                                                              
Hit:21 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                        
Hit:22 http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt xenial-pgdg InRelease                                                               
Hit:23 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                                           
Hit:2 http://screenshots.getdeb.net xenial-getdeb InRelease               
Hit:4 http://screenshots.getdeb.net trusty-getdeb InRelease
Hit:25 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Reading package lists... Done 
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/xubuntu-dev/xfce4-gtk3/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Is the problem on my side or coming from xubuntu?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '17 at 08:46

If you are looking at Xfce4 port to Gtk3 and gdbus, both staging PPA and testing PPA seems to be no longer available. The links to PPA on Launchpad.net will only return "Error: Page not found".

Xfce4 port to Gtk3 and gdbus

Staging PPA: ppa:unit193/xfce4-gtk3

Testing PPA: ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce4-gtk3

The error you are seeing is likely due to the testing PPA being deprecated by Xubuntu Development team. In Xubuntu, go to Settings > Software & Updates > Other Software to remove the testing PPA and run update again to see without errors.

xfce4-gtk3 does not have a Release file

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