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I am trying to set up a stable repository and getting an error - need a single repository as an argument
can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement:



sudo add-apt-repository  deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu  $(lsb_release -cs)  stable









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    I am trying to set up a stable repository and getting an error - need a single repository as an argument
    can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement:



    sudo add-apt-repository  deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu  $(lsb_release -cs)  stable









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      I am trying to set up a stable repository and getting an error - need a single repository as an argument
      can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement:



      sudo add-apt-repository  deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu  $(lsb_release -cs)  stable









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      I am trying to set up a stable repository and getting an error - need a single repository as an argument
      can someone please tell me what is wrong with this statement:



      sudo add-apt-repository  deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu  $(lsb_release -cs)  stable






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          I think you are after this, actually:



          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"


          The quotes make the entire string you were trying to add be treated as a single argument. This way you don't need to mess with escaping spaces (which your command didn't actually do properly which is why it all failed and gave you errors).



          Note that you will still need to download the GPG key in use for the repository, as add-apt-repository is incapable of doing that for straight strings like you're adding here.






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          • Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

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          I think you are after this, actually:



          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"


          The quotes make the entire string you were trying to add be treated as a single argument. This way you don't need to mess with escaping spaces (which your command didn't actually do properly which is why it all failed and gave you errors).



          Note that you will still need to download the GPG key in use for the repository, as add-apt-repository is incapable of doing that for straight strings like you're adding here.






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          • Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

            – S.Heister
            14 mins ago











          • @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

            – Thomas Ward
            5 mins ago
















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          I think you are after this, actually:



          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"


          The quotes make the entire string you were trying to add be treated as a single argument. This way you don't need to mess with escaping spaces (which your command didn't actually do properly which is why it all failed and gave you errors).



          Note that you will still need to download the GPG key in use for the repository, as add-apt-repository is incapable of doing that for straight strings like you're adding here.






          share|improve this answer
























          • Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

            – S.Heister
            14 mins ago











          • @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

            – Thomas Ward
            5 mins ago














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          I think you are after this, actually:



          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"


          The quotes make the entire string you were trying to add be treated as a single argument. This way you don't need to mess with escaping spaces (which your command didn't actually do properly which is why it all failed and gave you errors).



          Note that you will still need to download the GPG key in use for the repository, as add-apt-repository is incapable of doing that for straight strings like you're adding here.






          share|improve this answer













          I think you are after this, actually:



          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"


          The quotes make the entire string you were trying to add be treated as a single argument. This way you don't need to mess with escaping spaces (which your command didn't actually do properly which is why it all failed and gave you errors).



          Note that you will still need to download the GPG key in use for the repository, as add-apt-repository is incapable of doing that for straight strings like you're adding here.







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          • Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

            – S.Heister
            14 mins ago











          • @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

            – Thomas Ward
            5 mins ago



















          • Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

            – S.Heister
            14 mins ago











          • @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

            – Thomas Ward
            5 mins ago

















          Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

          – S.Heister
          14 mins ago





          Thanks Thomas - new to linux...just installing some things for a class im taking around blockchain so a bit of a novice...

          – S.Heister
          14 mins ago













          @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

          – Thomas Ward
          5 mins ago





          @S.Heister We all start somewhere. So no problem :) If this helped you, then please mark it as the answer that solved the problem by clicking the check box underneath the voting options, that way the answer will me marked as accepted, and the question marked as 'solved'/'answered' automatically.

          – Thomas Ward
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