Install on Ubuntu 16.04

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#1

I am having a bit of trouble installing this package on this fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04. I think it has to do with my repository. I tried to follow the directions on the installer page to add the repository. However, when I go to update the repository I get the following:

sudo apt-get update
E: Type ‘http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

Could someone please help me get this installed? I have tried contacting Insync support but no one will contact me back. Any help is greatly appreciated.

#2

On my 16.04 install the ppa for insync is not in its own file (insync.list), it’s in the main sources.list file. However, that may not be relevant. What is important is that the line, in whatever file, must look exactly like this:

deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu xenial non-free contrib

It sounds like you might have left out the ‘deb’ part.

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#3

Bill thanks for the response. I modified the file (insync.list) to this at first:

deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu ubuntu 16.04 non-free contrib

Then I do the sudo apt-get update command but I get an error each time it gets to the insync repository.

Then I modified the file to look exactly like yours, changing the ubuntu 16.04 part to xenial, and it installed perfectly. It looked like in the directions they wanted you to name it whatever version of ubuntu you were running. How did you know to put the “xenial” in that place holder? Thanks for the help, and I think I have it running now. Man thanks alot!

#4

@mblanco2000 We’re really sorry for not responding sooner. We will also look into improving the instructions on our downloads page to make it easier to setup the repos. (Do note that you also have the option of just downloading the installer and using that, which will also automatically setup the repository entry for you.)