How to add Linuxmint repositories to Ubuntu?

Question

I want to add some Linuxmint packages to be installed in Ubuntu 14.04LTS. How can one add the Linuxmint (any version) repositories to ubuntu (any version) ?

Answer 1

I added the Linux Mint LTS release (Qiana or Mint 17) repositories to my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running the following commands through the terminal:

1. Add the repository

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ qiana main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint.list'

2. Now run an update to retrieve information about what packages are available:

sudo apt-get update

You'll see an error in the update highlighting that public key is not available for the Linux Mint repository just added:

GPG error: http://packages.linuxmint.com qiana Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY <em>&ltSome scramble encryption number&gt</em>

3. To avoid this, run another command to download the Linux Mint keyring:

    sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyring
   

   It will ask your permission to download, say yes.

4. Once downloaded, update your package database again:

sudo apt-get update

Now you'll see that the update is successful and without any error.

Once updated, we are ready to install any packages from linuxmint repositories.