Raspberry Pi Removing packages

[thebraketester]

Hi. Ive got a RPI running pi hole, and it won't update (either the RPI or pihole) because of a mod (speediest by ookla) that is installed which will not update due troubleshooting the repository not being maintained. How does one remove the mod? Im connecting via SSH

Thanks

[thebraketester]

sudo apt update etc returns the following


pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Ign:3 https://packagecloud.io/ookla/speedtest-cli/raspbi... bullseye InRelease
Err:4 https://packagecloud.io/ookla/speedtest-cli/raspbi... bullseye Release
404 Not Found [IP: 54.177.160.181 443]

[dundarach]

If it's just the pihole you need, isn't it just easier to flatten it and start again, it'll not take long.

[The0perator]

Did you add a repository to install it when you added it?
You might need to do something like
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa: *one to remove*

Of course the key thing is to know which one

[camel_landy]

I'm assuming you're wanting to remove the repository it's referring to, rather than the package??

To remove the repo, I just edit the entry in '/etc/apt/sources.list' or the file in '/etc/apt/sources.list.d'

HTH

M

[thebraketester]

dundarach said:

If it's just the pihole you need, isn't it just easier to flatten it and start again, it'll not take long.

Very possibly, yes.

Is it possible to do this via SSH, is it possible to reset the install, or will I need to pull out the SD card and flash it again

Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 26th February 09:58

[thebraketester]

The0perator said:

Did you add a repository to install it when you added it?
You might need to do something like
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa: *one to remove*

Of course the key thing is to know which one

Good question, not sure. The mod never worked correctly from the start.

[The0perator]

thebraketester said:

The0perator said:

Did you add a repository to install it when you added it?
You might need to do something like
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa: *one to remove*

Of course the key thing is to know which one

If you are lucky it might be in your log

"history "Pipe" grep add-apt-repository" #I can't seem to put a pipe character as it stops me posting!

See if you can see what you added?

[camel_landy]

thebraketester said:

The0perator said:

Did you add a repository to install it when you added it?
You might need to do something like
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa: *one to remove*

Of course the key thing is to know which one

Good question, not sure. The mod never worked correctly from the start.

IIRC, the command will be something like: 'sudo add-apt-repository --list'

M

[budgie smuggler]

Or you can find the repo file and nuke it.

It installs somewhere like
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ookla_speedtest-cli.list

so you can go into that directory
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

list the contents:
ls -l

look for something to do with speedtest or ookla, then:

sudo rm name_of_file_you_found.list

Then you probably also want to remove the speedtest package.

sudo apt remove --purge speedtest*

Edited by budgie smuggler on Thursday 26th February 11:01

Edited by budgie smuggler on Thursday 26th February 11:01