How to Configure Repositories on Ubuntu 20.04
Software installation on Linux systems is performed from repositories, which by default contain a large number of packages. But sometimes there are situations when the necessary software is not included, or the version is too old. In this case, you can add the necessary repository and install from it.
How to configure repositories on Ubuntu 20.04:
- How to view all repositories in Ubuntu
- How to add repositories in Ubuntu
- How to remove repositories in Ubuntu
- Dealing with PPA repositories in Ubuntu
In this tutorial, we will configure repositories on Ubuntu server 20.04.
List of repositories in Ubuntu
To view all repositories in the system:
nano /etc/apt/sources.listThey can also be located in one of the files in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ folder.
To disable one of the repositories, just comment out its line.
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal multiverseAdding repositories in Ubuntu
To add a repository you need to find out its address from the software developer and use the apt-add-repository command with the following syntax:
apt-add-repository ‘deb http://repository_address version branch’Sometimes you need to install the GPG security key first. Let's take MariaDB as an example.
apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'Adding repository:
add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://mirror.mephi.ru/mariadb/repo/10.5/ubuntu focal main'Removing repositories
To remove a repository use this command:
add-apt-repository --remove 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http://mirror.mephi.ru/mariadb/repo/10.5/ubuntu focal main'PPA repository in Ubuntu
During the installation of the PPA repository, the system automatically recognizes the repository and downloads the necessary keys.
apt-add-repository ppa:repository/ppaTo remove PPA repository:
apt-add-repository --remove ppa:repository/ppaAfter editing the list of repositories, don't forget to update the list of packages in the system.
apt update
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