Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net
Date	2021-05-13 17:20 +0200
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On Thu 13 May 2021 at 06:59:04 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:48:37AM +0200, Stefan Krusche wrote:
> > > sudo aptitude -v show signal-desktop|grep -i archive
> > > Archive: xenial, now
> > > Archive: xenial
> > > Archive: xenial
> > > Archive: xenial
> > > Archive: xenial
> > 
> > If you have installed these as .deb packages *and* the sources.list file
> > was installed thereby then you should find it with the dpkg -S command
> > I proposed in a previous mail.
> 
> Not if the sources.list.d/*.list entry was created by a postinst script.
> dpkg -S only shows you files that are included in the package's tarball,
> not files that are generated at installation time.

Seeing "xenial" above, I typed   ubuntu signal package   into google
and clicked on the second link:
https://websiteforstudents.com/how-to-install-signal-desktop-on-ubuntu-16-04-17-10-18-04/
Here's the script it recommends you run. I notice that it pipes the
output of curl straight into sudo'd commands without a care in the world:

  suXdo apt install curl
  curl -s https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | suXdo apt-key add -
  echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main" | suXdo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
  suXdo apt update && suXdo apt install signal-desktop

I'm surprised it doesn't do a quick upgrade while it's about it.
Anyway, that's what I call self-inflicted.

Cheers,
David.

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Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-12 12:20 +0200
  Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-12 17:00 +0200
    Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-12 18:10 +0200
      Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-12 19:00 +0200
    Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-12 18:30 +0200
      Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2021-05-12 19:30 +0200
        Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-12 20:10 +0200
          Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2021-05-13 07:30 +0200
            Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-13 08:30 +0200
              Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-13 09:20 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2021-05-13 11:50 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-13 13:00 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-13 17:20 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-13 18:10 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-13 21:10 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2021-05-13 23:10 +0200
                Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-14 18:00 +0200

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