PROBLEM & Help please

Budgie Desktop
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Hi All

I’ve been using Budgie for almost 2 years and am really enjoying it.
Here’s my problem;
as a non technical person this baffles me:
E: The repository ‘cdrom://Ubuntu-Budgie 20.04.1 LTS Focal Fossa - Release amd64 (20200731) focal Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

I’ve searched the forums for solution to no avail.
How do I resolve this?

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Look for the app that is called “software updater” [I think] - or is available when run via a terminal command

software-properties-gtk

Untick the CD on your software sources

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Thanks @fossfreedom
I don’t see CD on software sources. Here’s a screenshot.
Did I miss something?

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I also got this error:

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Think its on the “other software” tab

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There is no CD option to tick.

It also says there’s no release file. Are there any more suggestions?

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Please add a screenshot of your other software tab.

Also a screenshot after you have scrolled down on the Ubuntu Software tab - seems to be only a partial screenshot

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Thanks for bearing with me

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“Installation medium with Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa” - that should be unticked

All those “disabled on upgrade” rows can also be deleted to clean up

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So here is the latest setup.
Still giving me an error

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second screenshot

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Remember you need to help me to help you. What error?

In a terminal run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

What is the output you see?

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Of course, I will try be more helpful.
I have tried countless times to remove this protonvpn and element.

Of course, I will try be more helpful.
I have tried countless times to remove this protonvpn and element.

From the GUI, I get this:

W:Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default., W:See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details., W:GPG error: https:// repo. protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4EDE055B645F044F, E:The repository ‘https:// repo.protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease’ is not signed., W:Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default., W:See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details., W:GPG error: https: //packages .element .io/debian default Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C2850B265AC085BD, E:The repository ‘https: //packages .riot .im/debian default Release’ is not signed.

From the Command Line I get this:
$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for lgm:
Get:1 https: //repo. protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease [2,519 B]
Err:1 https: //repo. protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease
The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4EDE055B645F044F
Hit:2 http: //ubuntu. mirror .rain.co.za/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Hit:3 http: //ubuntu .mirror .rain.co.za/ubuntu kinetic-updates InRelease
Ign:4 https: //repo. vivaldi .com/snapshot/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 https: //repo. vivaldi .com/snapshot/deb stable Release
Hit:6 http: //ubuntu. mirror.rain .co.za/ubuntu kinetic-backports InRelease
Hit:8 http: //ppa. launchpad .net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:9 https:// packages. element .io/debian default InRelease
Hit:11 http:// security. ubuntu .com/ubuntu kinetic-security InRelease
Get:10 https: //packages. element .io/debian default InRelease [3,609 B]
Ign:12 https: //ppa. launchpadcontent .net/flatpak/stable/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Err:10 https: // packages.element .io/debian default InRelease
The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C2850B265AC085BD
Err:13 https: //ppa. launchpadcontent .net/flatpak/stable/ubuntu kinetic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.52 443]
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: https ://repo.protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4EDE055B645F044F
E: The repository ‘https ://repo.protonvpn .com/debian stable InRelease’ is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: GPG error: https :// packages.element .io/debian default InRelease: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C2850B265AC085BD
E: The repository ‘https ://packages.riot .im/debian default InRelease’ is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository ‘https:// ppa. launchpadcontent .net/flatpak/stable/ubuntu kinetic Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gir1.2-nautilus-4.0 libnautilus-extension4 libnss-myhostname libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libsystemd-shared libsystemd0 libudev1 nautilus-data
systemd systemd-resolved systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd udev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.

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So the good news is that error has now gone.

What have you tried?

Where you are seeing:

You need to follow these instructions to resolve (alternate method)

Note:

https: //ppa. launchpadcontent .net/flatpak/stable/ubuntu kinetic

That repo can be safely removed from software-updater - the Other Software tab