GetDeb And PlayDeb Finally Work Again [Ubuntu Repositories]

Good news for Ubuntu users: both GetDeb and PlayDeb websites are up and running again. Unfortunately there won't be any package updates this week:

We will not be able to update packages until we relocate the ABS and rebuild the reprepro db, this is something for another weekend.

Even though the websites were down, you could still install software from GetDeb / Playdeb repositories using a mirror but the websites are also importand for software discovery as well as their one-click install.

Unfortunately (at least for me), both websites are very slow for now. How do they work for you?

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