@pablomme Thanks, your suggestion worked a charm. Much appreciated. MC
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:15 PM, pablomme <pablo...@googlemail.com> wrote: > @Manuwar: try the following which in my case helped: > > - Open the Software Centre, then Edit > Software Sources... > - Go to the Other Software tab, click on the entry "Added by > software-center ..." corresponding to the problematic program (World of > Goo, I understand) [you may need to scroll to the right to see which entry > is which) > - Click the Remove button, enter your password when prompted and close the > Software Source window > - Close Software Centre > - Open a Terminal and type: > sudo gedit /etc/apt/auth.conf > then enter your password and press enter > - Remove any entries relating to the piece of software (each entry is the > three lines starting machine, login and password) > - Save the file and close the window > - Type this in the terminal: > sudo apt-get update > and close the terminal when it's done > > At this point you should be able to reinstall the software as indicated > above without the any old keys interfering. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008289 > > Title: > "Failed to download repository information" for purchased application > > Status in Online service used by software center: > Fix Released > Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Yesterday I purchased BIT.TRIP RUNNER and I ran into several UX > problems and bugs: > > 1) Credit card payment did not work with a mysterious error such as > "3DAUTH failed", so I had to pay with PayPal > > 2) Once the purchase was done, it wasn't at all obvious what the next > step was supposed to be. The next day, I figured out that the "Buy" > button in the Software Center had now turned into "Install". > > 3) After a long long time waiting for the apt indexes to update with > almost no UI feedback, I got this message: > > Failed to download repository information > Check your Internet connection. > > W:Failed to fetch > https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages > The requested URL returned error: 401 > , W:Failed to fetch > https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages > The > requested URL returned error: 401 > , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > The repository is configured in /etc/apt/sources.list.d like this: > > deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa- > uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu precise main #Added by software-center; > credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf > > In /etc/apt/auth.conf, I found these lines (oddly, repeated twice): > > machine > private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu > login codewiz > password PASSWORD_EDITED > > If I go to the URL with a browser, I cannot authenticate with the > provided user and password. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/+bug/1008289/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008289 Title: "Failed to download repository information" for purchased application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/+bug/1008289/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
