GET DEB Down?

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Is http://www.getdeb.net/ down?
Just went to check for updates and getdeb fails. Curious if it's just me or everyone.

[Bandit]

getting untitled blank page..

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Thanks.

Seems Ubuntu is down, too. At least ubuntu-extras...


Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/Release.gpg Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http:
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/quantal-getdeb/Release.gpg Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http:
Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http:
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/quantal-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-en_US Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/quantal-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to extras.ubuntu.com:http:
Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/quantal-getdeb/apps/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Jakin]

Its been down since atleast 4am EST (for me), i tried about that time and got a blank page.

[ssam]

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.getdeb.net/

:-)

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Hmmm. They've been down for several days now.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

They were back last night, as I updated my Xubuntu without any error messages. Seems down again today, though.

[DukeOfMixture]

Maybe they were down temporarily to remove some dead screen shot links.

Nope, looks like they're still there.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Damn. Down again. Seems they're down more than they're up. Seriously considering ditching them from my sources.

[Primefalcon]

guess the webmaster forgot to pay their hosting fees... or has discontinued operation or is having server issues.... could just be out having a beer too....

[Uncle Spellbinder]

...could just be out having a beer too....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/unclespellbinder/Animated/icon_lol_zps859982c7.gif

[zombifier25]

guess the webmaster forgot to pay their hosting fees... or has discontinued operation or is having server issues.... could just be out having a beer too....
I'm glad he's a normal human being. (https://xkcd.com/705/)

[Primefalcon]

I'm glad he's a normal human being. (https://xkcd.com/705/)
Thanks for posting that, that actually gave me a laugh.... trust me.. I've been needing that

[Valentini]

Seems like it's completely gone atm. The server doesn't even listen on port 80.

[dnairb]

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=118809&p=656166#p656112 and be sure to change lucid-getdeb to your distro, e.g. quantal-getdeb, etc.

[forrestcupp]

could just be out having a beer too....That reminds me of the good old BBS days when the BBS sysop had to have his computer turned on for people to be able to log in. :)

[Uncle Spellbinder]

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=118809&p=656166#p656112 and be sure to change lucid-getdeb to your distro, e.g. quantal-getdeb, etc.

Excellent! Worked perfectly. I commented out the 'proper' getdeb repo and added the mirror:


#### GetDeb - http://www.getdeb.net
## Run this command: wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps

#### GetDeb - MIRROR for http://www.getdeb.net
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A8A515F046D7E7CF
deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps

[gandalf3]

it's still down for me.. have they said when they're going to be back up?

EDIT: the mirror worked though, thanks :)

[Taigen]

noobie question, I need the deb mirror and the deb-src mirror right?

[Primefalcon]

noobie question, I need the deb mirror and the deb-src mirror right?
you don't really need the src... that for the source code, and unless you want to inspect the code... or compile from source.... which tbh if I am going to compile from source I usually download the app directly from sourceforge or the programs specific site anyhow... but thats personal preference

[monkeybrain2012]

Actually the src is automatically installed if you just paste the first line.

Thanks for the hint, the mirror works.

[zonah]

According to blog.getdeb.net it's down due to some sort of power failure. They usually post some sort of info about downtime in their blog!:smile:

[DeadlyOats]

I was just at the blog (http://blog.getdeb.net/). It was a power outage WITH hardware failure. Maybe they need help with new hardware, or is it just taking a long time to set up new servers and configuring them and recovering the data from the old servers? The trouble is that post was on 9 Dec. It's 15 Dec, and no updates on the blog... Anyone here have any insight on what's happening?

[MadmanRB]

There needs to be more then one mirror for this, getdeb is very vital

[persiano]

No news about GetDeb?

today ...
"
W:Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/precise-getdeb/Release.gpg Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/precise-getdeb/apps/binary-i386/Packages Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/precise-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-en Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
, W:Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/precise-getdeb/apps/i18n/Translation-it Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net:http:
, E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
"

[Harsh Kumar Narula]

Its Still Down.. I am removing it from my sources.list

[TBeholder]

...and again. :mad:

Did anyone here deal with this mirror at mirrors.dotsrc.org and can comment?
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/getdeb-playdeb-repositories-down-what.html

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep getdeb
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games apps
# deb-src http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games apps
deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games apps
deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/getdeb/ubuntu quantal-getdeb games apps
just added the last 2 lines and it worked, did not add a key as i had it before the site was down

[zombifier25]

It's only a mirror though, so still no updates. It's time the getdeb guys use the mirror as the real repo.

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

if [ $(ping archive.getdeb.net -c 1 | grep "1 received" | wc -l) -eq 1 ];then notify-send --icon info GetDeb.net 'It is BACK!!!';fi
maybe we should use a cronjob that runs that every 3 hours or so, so we will know when it is back

[cthlhu1987]

Awwwww, man, that blows, hope they'll be up fast.

[MadmanRB]

Its been almost two months now, I think its safe to say that Getdeb is done for, there has been no news or updates.
Maybe there should be a replacement now?

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

http://i.imgur.com/HUUPp.jpg

[owinoc]

could this be reason for below error msg?

"Requires installation of untrusted packages

The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources."

[gandalf3]

could this be reason for below error msg?

"Requires installation of untrusted packages

The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources."i doubt it..
what are you trying to install/update?


http://i.imgur.com/HUUPp.jpg
lol, nice!
EDIT: I'm curious, what program did you use?

on they’re blog (http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2595167294312025647&postID=2685605913266961432) there's a post that says this..



GetDeb and PlayDeb discontinue

After the server crash where also the GetDeb and PlayDeb database was lost and given the fact that GetDeb and PlayDeb now have too many packages to be handled as a one-man-project I decided to discontinue GetDeb and PlayDeb.
In the last years I have spent so many hours in the project that now it is just too much for me to maintain beside my usual job.

But this does not mean that all the work in GetDeb and PlayDeb is lost. The repository is still completely mirrored, e.g.: http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/mirrors/getdeb/ubuntu/pool/ (Google search: 'quantal-getdeb-testing intitle:"Index of"' should give you a good list).
Also all the package script (i.e. the debian directory) for every package in the precise and quantal repository are available in my GitHub repositories:
* https://github.com/ckorn/GetDeb
* https://github.com/ckorn/PlayDeb
* For special upstream watchers there is this repository: https://github.com/ckorn/Upstream-watchers

The web interface of both GetDeb and PlayDeb is called apt-portal which is specialised for viewing the information in an apt repository:
* https://code.launchpad.net/apt-portal

And finally there are the scripts and little helpers of the automated build process:
* https://code.launchpad.net/debfactory

The entire repository of Debian packages can be downloaded with this script:
* http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=JaVkvFFZ

It is currently 84GiB in size so please only download it if you really want all the packages. If you just want some simply use a mirror.

Let me also thank everybody of you for the trust you had in GetDeb and PlayDeb as an unofficial repository. I think GetDeb and PlayDeb were one of the greatest unofficial repositories for Ubuntu packages.
I think to spend some time to bring some of the packages in the official repository.

Thank you and bye!
--
Thats all Folks. GetDeb & PlayDeb are dead for now. January 19, 2013 at 4:56 AM
this sucks.. :cry:

[cthlhu1987]

[...]lol, nice!
EDIT: I'm curious, what program did you use?[...]
There's a ton of grave stone image generators, just pick one and have fun :)

[pqwoerituytrueiwoq]

i doubt it..
what are you trying to install/update?

lol, nice!
EDIT: I'm curious, what program did you use?

on they’re blog (http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2595167294312025647&postID=2685605913266961432) there's a post that says this..

this sucks.. :cry:
crap i posed in the wrong thread last time...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12463251#post12463251
i finally get news before someone else did here and look how i messed that up...
used this to make that
http://www.jjchandler.com/tombstone/

[MadmanRB]

Man it sucks that getdeb went down as it was not a community project but a personal one.
Of course this is the flaw with ppa's once the maintainer goes down so goes the whole thing and many packages are lost frever.
Or just mirrored on a far less accessible website.

[Artemis3]

If Ubuntu moves into a rolling release model, as suggested by Canonical's Kernel Team Manager, it might not be needed anymore...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQvOIExkCaw (minute 42)

[MadmanRB]

Yes but get deb did provide a lot of packages that were not in the main repositiories and if you dont have a lot of ppa's enabled it would never make up for the loss.
So for now we have mirrors until maybe more people contribute to what used to be getdeb.

[Primefalcon]

gone for good
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110683567928974511220/posts/FF1gRuZN7pM

[MadmanRB]

Yes and a damned shame, therevare many packages that were on getdeb that are not in the main repos.
I hope the mirror remains, or some ppa takes on some of the load.
I use gens-gs, vba-m, umplayer,and a few other apps that were on getdeb.
None of these are not in the main repos or in any single ppa's so I would need to load many ppa's to make up for the loss so I do hope the mirror remains or its all wine for me, as I really dont want to compile.

[gandalf3]

it's back!!!!! :D :D
imagine my surprise when i got an update from getdeb in my morning updates...

here's some info.. http://blog.getdeb.net/

EDIT:

now it's down again??

[MasterNetra]

it's back!!!!! :D :D
imagine my surprise when i got an update from getdeb in my morning updates...

here's some info.. http://blog.getdeb.net/

EDIT:

now it's down again??

Yea looks it, down for me too, well the website seems to be, the repos seem to be fine?

[gandalf3]

the website is back up again, i guess the were doing some maintenance?

[zombifier25]

Perfect. Let's hope something like this never happens again.
Now start handing me the games.