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I am concerned that somehow beta/candidate, not stable, 22.04 repositories are being used by 22.04 on my machine. The listing for the relevant repositories is from the command

add-apt-repository --list
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main multiverse universe restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main multiverse universe restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-backports main multiverse universe restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main multiverse universe restricted

If the above output does indeed indicate that beta/development applications/configurations are being used, how does one issue commands to

  1. Ensure that only stable/production versions are to be installed/updated?
  2. Force removal/downgrade to stable/production versions if any beta/development versions in fact are in use?
muru
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Yasha Karant
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Why are you concerned? You don't have any reason to be. Only stable repositories are enabled by default, which is one of the compelling reasons for companies to use Ubuntu in the first place.

Packages from the official Ubuntu repositories (distro, distro-updates, distro-backports and distro-security) are curated and stable releases, often based on the corresponding Debian packages. You can read more about the package release cycle here.

Only if you enable the distro-proposed repo, install custom repositories, or install snap packages from the edge or beta channels, then you may end up with alpha, beta or other developments versions.

It would be useful if you could state your source of concern. As it stands now, your question mostly is a source of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt).

Artur Meinild
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