GetDeb, PlayDeb Repositories Down - What To Do? Use This Mirror!

GetDeb is a website which comes with a repository for easily installing lots of Ubuntu applications which are not available in the official Ubuntu repositories (mostly updates). PlayDeb is the same as GetDeb, but for games.

Both the GetDeb.net and PlayDeb.net websites are currently down but if you want to use the repositories, there is a mirror you can use instead of the original GetDeb / PlayDeb repository.

To replace the GetDeb / PlayDeb repositories with a mirror, open the sources.list file:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Then search for the lines which include both "getdeb" and "apps" an replace them with one of the following GetDeb mirror:

deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps
deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb apps

For the PlayDeb repository, replace any line which includes "getdeb" and "games" with this mirror:

deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb games
deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu lucid-getdeb games

For both: if you're not using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, replace "lucid" with "karmic" and so on.

When you're done, save the file and run this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update