Etcher: update etcher using 'apt update' gives an error on Linux Mint The repository 'https://deb.etcher.io stable Release' does not have a Release file.

[obeewaan]

• *Etcher version:1.5.76*
• *Operating system and architecture:amd64 x86_64*
• $ sudo apt update
  Ign:15 https://deb.etcher.io stable InRelease
  Err:17 https://deb.etcher.io stable Release
  403 Forbidden
  Reading package lists... Done
  E: The repository 'https://deb.etcher.io stable Release' does not have a Release file.
  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.

[rafabiela]

same problem

[paolantoni]

either with debian 10.

[jjogeva]

I can confirm the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04.

I am also fairly sure of the actual problem that has nothing to do with the OS.
It seams that someone has changed file permissions on https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian/dists/stable/ such that the files Release and Release.gpg are not readable by the web server. So the files are present but since the server sends 403 then the package manager just tells you that they are missing.

Solution: Could the person managing the server make these two files readable to the web server?

[lollofra]

Same issue with Fedora (rpm based distro):

$ sudo dnf update etcher
etcher-rpm 21 B/s | 10 B 00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'etcher-rpm':
Status code: 403 for https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/redhat/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 52.28.187.224)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'etcher-rpm': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
Ignoring repositories: etcher-rpm

[NathanHannon]

Same on Pop!_OS 19.10

[etchichury]

There is already an issue for this problem: #3078.
They say they are working on it - https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/3078#issuecomment-590819461
You can subscribe to that issue and wait for an update.

[GammaGames]

Would be cool if they pinned the original issue to prevent dupes

[thundron]

As mentioned by @etchichury , please follow the other issue, thanks for the patience