PPA repository security can not be verified on Ubuntu 19.04 #16637

1. 
   lacksfish commented at 8:29 pm on August 16, 2019: none

   Recently running Ubuntu 19.04, I noticed the following when adding the official bitcoin PPA

   After running:

   0$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
   1$ sudo apt update
   

   I get the following error:

   0...
   1W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/bitcoin/bitcoin/ubuntu disco Release' does not have a Release file.
   2N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
   3N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
   

   I have to run the following to actually fetch the update information:

   0$ sudo apt-get update --allow-insecure-repositories
   

   I think this is an easy fix given the right credentials for the PPA repo?

2. 
   lacksfish commented at 8:33 pm on August 16, 2019: none

   Even with the --allow-insecure-repositories param I can not seem to run:

   0sudo apt install bitcoind
   

   It still doesn’t find the package. :( I will compile it in the mean time, as I should anyway :P

3. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 8:36 pm on August 16, 2019: member

   The ppa is no longer supported. Where did you get those install instructions from?
4. 
   lacksfish commented at 9:03 pm on August 16, 2019: none

   The ppa link is the official one, for the rest: trial and error?

   If it is no longer supported, does that mean the server is not running anymore? Or just running and nobody is updating it? Is there an alternative? :)

5. 
   lacksfish commented at 9:06 pm on August 16, 2019: none

   By official, I mean “official”. Or, assumed to be trustworthy by the community (literally any of the “install guides” out there)
6. fanquake added the label Linux/Unix on Aug 17, 2019
7. 
   emilengler commented at 1:20 pm on August 17, 2019: contributor

   Use the snap instead if you want a release which is being updated by a package manager
8. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 4:22 pm on August 25, 2019: member

   Indeed, if you are running Ubuntu, you are better of with the snap package.

   0$ snap info bitcoin-core
   

9. MarcoFalke closed this on Aug 25, 2019

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