Ssr: E: Unable to locate package simplescreenrecorder

[ambexclu]

Received error trying to download today. Not sure what the problem is. Let me know.

[Ads20000]

@ambexclu What distro are you on (e.g. Ubuntu 17.04)?

[ghost]

I have ubuntu gnome 17.04 and I can't intall it

gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpjsd3gyi_/pubring.gpg' created
_Error: retrieving gpg key timed out._
gpg: /tmp/tmpjsd3gyi_/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 409C8B51283EC8CD: public key "Launchpad PPA for Maarten Baert" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK

[MaartenBaert]

You don't need the PPA for Ubuntu 17.04, the SSR package is now in the standard repositories.

[Ads20000]

@MaartenBaert but presumably updates when they come won't be in the repositories, unless you're planning to push minor updates to the Updates repo and bigger updates to Backports? Really users just want to install it and then not have to worry about updating it (which is why really a snap would be nice, I could add that to my to-do list...)? Edit: can see one in the snappy store let me try that! Edit 2: The quality of the OGG was off and the MP4 played weirdly but they could be bugs elsewhere. Would need to test the Ubuntu repository version alongside the -mardy snap and don't really have the time right this second.

If @ambexclu and/or @Mosi2772 would like to test the snap (which would stay automatically updated, presumably unlike the one in the 17.04 repositories), then use the command sudo snap install simplescreenrecorder-mardy and then snap run simplescreenrecorder-mardy.simplescreenrecorder to ensure you run the snap not the Deb of simplescreenrecorder. Report issues here or in the snapcraft forums (the snapcrafter didn't give a more specific contact link)

[MaartenBaert]

@Ads20000 You have a point, however it should be possible to install the PPA and still get the package from the official repos if it is not in the PPA, right? That way you will get the update when it appears in the PPA, but I don't need to duplicate existing official packages.

[Ads20000]

You get an error which I think prevents updates on the Ubuntu system, iirc

[marcuscbehrens]

had the same problem on ubuntu 16.4

[superchap]

Followed your commands. Here is what results.

sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package simplescreenrecorder

Please advise on any suggestions. Continued success.

Linux Mint 18.1 Serena.

[MaartenBaert]

@superchap For Linux Mint 18.1 (= ubuntu 16.04) you need the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder

[superchap]

Thank you very much for the timely response.
Enjoy your day.