I need to remove add-apt-repository gnome3 on Ubuntu

Question

I have installed the following repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

How do I uninstall it now? Thanks.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '13 at 20:28

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Use the --remove flag.

sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:repo_name/subdirectory

answered Dec 01 '13 at 20:28

lazysoundsystem

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '13 at 03:03

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The --remove flag produces an error:

Usage: add-apt-repository [options] repository

add-apt-repository: error: no such option: --remove

Instead use the rm command to remove the file corresponding to the added repository from your sources.list.d folder; if you are using saucy, the command would look like this:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnome3-team-gnome3-saucy.list

answered Dec 20 '13 at 03:03

virtualxtc

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Is that for "add-apt-repository" or "apt-add-repository"? Both show the --remove option in the man page, as far as I can see. – lazysoundsystem Sep 25 '14 at 14:06

I need to remove add-apt-repository gnome3 on Ubuntu

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