[kwlug-disc] Can not add PPA repositorys under Linux Mint 17.1

[B.S.]

I've seen similar - trick for me was noticing the package had a c status 
in aptitude, vs i or p. Means configuration files are still present. 
Have to do an 'aptitude purge {package}' or 'apt-get purge {package}' to 
actually get the package removed, in those instances. Then was able to 
install again and have things work.

- much like your --reinstall note. (Thanks for that!)

I've also seen where a dpkg-reconfigure was necessary - but usually 
aptitude upgrade or apt-get upgrade notes when some packages don't 
complete configuration, to know that it's needed. dpkg-reconfigure 
--force {package} usually works in those cases, dpkg-reconfigure -a in 
some cases.


On 01/16/2015 09:23 AM, John Driezen wrote:
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> Thank you Paul.  The following solved the problem.
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> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall mintsources