trouble installing veracrypt on Xubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish with the PPA.

[Lars Christensen]

When I try to install with the PPA with "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption" I get:

Hit:1 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Get:2 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]   
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lyzardking/ubuntu-make/ubuntu cosmic InRelease  
Get:4 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] 
Ign:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/unit193/encryption/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Err:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu cosmic Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]    
Reading package lists... Done                                                  
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu cosmic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.

I was able to install with "sudo ./veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64" though. Is there a simple fix for this or does the PPA need to be updated for people running Cosmic Cuttlefish?

[Unit 193]

Howdy,

You were close, but for the wrong repository. ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make needs to be updated for Cosmic users, the VeraCrypt PPA is already prepared for Disco users. Anyway, at this point you would have been able to use sudo apt install veracrypt and be done with it.

Note that with veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-x64 already installed you won't be able to install the package from the PPA as (obviously) there are file conflicts.

~Unit 193

[Lars]

Yeah sorry about that, Unit. I had to purge the failed ubuntu-make install before I could do anything. That was the problem. And actually it wasn't easy to solve. I am giving ubuntu-make a wide berth from now on.