The repository 'http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa InRelease' is no longer signed.

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I've been using LInux Mint since version 17 for a few years now. I used to have ADSL and i could update the OS without issue but i switched to vodacom mobile data and now i'm getting the following error. The issue was at least present in Linux Mint 19 too, i'm not sure about 17 and 18.
Err:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa InRelease
403 Forbidden [IP: 91.241.95.156 80]
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E: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/ulyssa/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.241.95.156 80]
E: The repository 'http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa InRelease' is no longer signed.
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.
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I've tried switching repos in the software manager but no change.
Running the following command doesn't work either.
sudo apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories
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Last night more out of curiosity then desperation i thought it might be a good excuse to try Arch but even with pacman updating the repos fails and the script that is supposed to rearrange the repos for pacman according to download rate and country fails with a timeout so i'm not sure what's up with vodacom.

Anyone had this issue before and was able to solve it?
 
Sorry for the late reply, i didn't sub to the thread..

Wakandafication said:

'Re: Failed to download updates
Post by Moem » Thu May 10, 2018 9:35 am

What happens when you choose different mirrors?'
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I've tried all of the ones that comes up in the sources list under the update manager but they all do the same.
ponder said:
Have you tried a vpn?
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I have not and i'm not paying for a vpn just to updates. If you can suggest a good free ones for testing purposes i can do that.

I have however switched to POP! OS. Over the last few days when testing it has occassionaly given me a PGP error which mint also did sometimes along with the not signed error but then i just do the following that solves it. If i had known about the commands i'd have tried it on Mint to see if it fixed the not signed error but i only found it after i installed POP! OS.

Code: 
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

Code: 
sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order::=gz

Code: 
sudo apt-get update

I might tinker with a "live cd" some more but for now i'm kinda liking POP! OS
 
ODTech said:
I have not and i'm not paying for a vpn just to updates. If you can suggest a good free ones for testing purposes i can do that.
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1.1.1.1 cloudflare unlimited free vpn
Or windscribe you can get 20gb a month
 
ponder said:
1.1.1.1 cloudflare unlimited free vpn
Or windscribe you can get 20gb a month
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Cloudflare didn't work but i used the dns and not the vpn. It seems the vpn is very new and the app isn't availabe for linux. Unless my googlefu sucks and there's other instructions for linux that i didn't find.

Windscribe did work. I suppose it's kind of an obvious solution that i didn't think of xD. I was thinking more in the line of a setting on the vodacom connection but whatever works i guess. I'll probably go back to Mint after i'm done messing around with pop os

Thanks.
 
ODTech said:
Cloudflare didn't work but i used the dns and not the vpn. It seems the vpn is very new and the app isn't availabe for linux. Unless my googlefu sucks and there's other instructions for linux that i didn't find.

Windscribe did work. I suppose it's kind of an obvious solution that i didn't think of xD. I was thinking more in the line of a setting on the vodacom connection but whatever works i guess. I'll probably go back to Mint after i'm done messing around with pop os

Thanks.
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It works in linux you just need to know how to set it up.

I can install pop and test it followed by a guide if you want?
 
ponder said:
It works in linux you just need to know how to set it up.

I can install pop and test it followed by a guide if you want?
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Thanks for the offer but it's not necessary. In pop everything is working but i'm not planning on using it permanently.

If you feel like it you can test on Mint.
 
ponder said:
It works in linux you just need to know how to set it up.

I can install pop and test it followed by a guide if you want?
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Oh and when i say it worked or it didn't work i mean that i could update. I just read my own post and realised it's a bit vague.

I can update Linux mint through the windscribe vpn
 
ODTech said:
Oh and when i say it worked or it didn't work i mean that i could update. I just read my own post and realised it's a bit vague.

I can update Linux mint through the windscribe vpn
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I meant I could do a guide for the vpn part, not the dns part. It's handy to have.

Just give me a link to the mint iso you are using so I'm on the same page. I can do a quick install in virtualbox.
 
ponder said:
I meant I could do a guide for the vpn part, not the dns part. It's handy to have.

Just give me a link to the mint iso you are using so I'm on the same page. I can do a quick install in virtualbox.
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Yes i realise what you meant, i just wanted to clarify my post a bit.

Download Linux Mint 22.3 - Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.
www.linuxmint.com www.linuxmint.com
I'm going to be using the cinnamon desktop.

I was on Mint 20 before but i did test 20.1 from above link in a live cd and updating also failed.
 
ODTech said:
Yes i realise what you meant, i just wanted to clarify my post a bit.

Download Linux Mint 22.3 - Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.
www.linuxmint.com www.linuxmint.com
I'm going to be using the cinnamon desktop.

I was on Mint 20 before but i did test 20.1 from above link in a live cd and updating also failed.
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Ok it works fine and it pops up in network manager.

Mint-Cloudflare.png

Follow this guide How To Use Cloudflare's Warp+ VPN On Ubuntu Linux - Techzim
The only additional thing I had to do was to install openresolv so just do a sudo apt install wireguard openresolv for the second command in the guide.
You can setup an icon or something to toggle it on off if you want, not sure if you can do that from network manager as it's been a while.
 
ponder said:
Ok it works fine and it pops up in network manager.

View attachment 1016261

Follow this guide How To Use Cloudflare's Warp+ VPN On Ubuntu Linux - Techzim
The only additional thing I had to do was to install openresolv so just do a sudo apt install wireguard openresolv for the second command in the guide.
You can setup an icon or something to toggle it on off if you want, not sure if you can do that from network manager as it's been a while.
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Thanks for that. I'll definitely try it when i switch back to Mint
 
Just happened to me too.

As posted above the following in succession worked for me

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order::=gz
sudo apt-get update
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ODTech said:
I've been using LInux Mint since version 17 for a few years now. I used to have ADSL and i could update the OS without issue but i switched to vodacom mobile data and now i'm getting the following error. The issue was at least present in Linux Mint 19 too, i'm not sure about 17 and 18.



I've tried switching repos in the software manager but no change.
Running the following command doesn't work either.



Last night more out of curiosity then desperation i thought it might be a good excuse to try Arch but even with pacman updating the repos fails and the script that is supposed to rearrange the repos for pacman according to download rate and country fails with a timeout so i'm not sure what's up with vodacom.

Anyone had this issue before and was able to solve it?
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I am experiencing the same error with Linux mint 20.2. I have tried lots of commands but nothing help. Can someone please assist.
E: Failed to fetch http://packages.linuxmint.com/dists/uma/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 91.241.95.156 80]
E: The repository 'http://packages.linuxmint.com uma InRelease' is no longer signed.

Thanks Naas
 
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