User Manual: Wrong PPA name in Linux installation instructions

Bug #1222798 reported by Lenz Grimmer
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mixxx
Fix Released
Low
Lenz Grimmer

Bug Description

The Linux installation instructions at http://mixxx.org/manual/1.11/chapters/installation.html#installation-on-gnu-linux instruct to use "sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mixxx" to add the Mixxx PPA. This results in an error:

% sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mixxx
Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~mixxx/+archive/ppa) to get PPA information, please check your internet connection.

The correct PPA name should be "ppa:mixxx/mixxx" instead:

% sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mixxx/mixxx
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~mixxx/+archive/mixxx
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp5M3d4t/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp5M3d4t/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 4716DAB5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp5M3d4t/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4716DAB5: public key "Launchpad PPA for Mixxx Release Managers" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK

The documentation should be updated accordingly.

Tags: manual
Revision history for this message
Lenz Grimmer (lenzgr) wrote :

I've commited a fix for this to the branch related to this bug. Feel free to merge it, thanks!

jus (jus)
Changed in mixxx:
assignee: nobody → Lenz Grimmer (lenzgr)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
milestone: none → 1.11.1
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jus (jus) wrote :
tags: added: manual
Changed in mixxx:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)
Changed in mixxx:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Swiftb0y (swiftb0y) wrote :

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/7168

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