Unable to install from apt repository, apt output says "Unable to locate package"

[Kaz-49]

Describe the bug Trying to install lwh from the apt repository linked in README fails with error message "Unable to locate package linux-wifi-hotspot"

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Konsole on Kubuntu 23.04
2. Follow the install for Ubuntu section in README 2.1. Execute sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lakinduakash/lwh

   Repository: 'deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/lakinduakash/lwh/ubuntu/ lunar main'
   More info: https://launchpad.net/~lakinduakash/+archive/ubuntu/lwh
   Adding repository.
   Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel.
   Adding deb entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lakinduakash-ubuntu-lwh-lunar.list
   Adding disabled deb-src entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lakinduakash-ubuntu-lwh-lunar.list
   Adding key to /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/lakinduakash-ubuntu-lwh.gpg with fingerprint 0E49A504B40CA53C5D8C72B487B8838C5E2893D3
   ........
   Reading package lists... Done
   W: The repository 'http://nginx.org/packages/debian lunar Release' does not have a Release file.
   N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
   N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
   E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/lakinduakash/lwh/ubuntu lunar 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.

   . 2.2. Execute sudo apt install linux-wifi-hotspot

   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree... Done
   Reading state information... Done
   E: Unable to locate package linux-wifi-hotspot

Expected behavior sudo apt install linux-wifi-hotspot should have installed lwh instead of spitting out an error and exiting

Desktop

• OS: Kubuntu
• Version 23.04

Additional context README also says that lwh can be installed by using the .deb file in github.com/lakinduakash/linux-wifi-hotspot/releases/latest, but the latest release doesn't have a .deb file, only the old releases have .deb files attached.

Apt search doesn't come up with any packages, so I'm led to believe that it might be a problem with the remote repo

$ apt search linux-wifi-hotspot
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done

[Rayzeq]

Seem like the author lost access to the repository (see #280), so you have to have install the package manually

[Kaz-49]

When you say manually, you mean building from source myself, I take it? I tried to build it myself but when I ran make it just spit out a bunch of errors and exited. Did you mean a different way of installing it?

Installing...
cd src && make install
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/kaz49/Downloads/tmp/linux-wifi-hotspot-4.5.0/src'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '../build/wihotspot-gui', needed by 'install'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kaz49/Downloads/tmp/linux-wifi-hotspot-4.5.0/src'
make: *** [Makefile:9: install] Error 2

[lakinduakash]

Hi Kaz, Did you install all the build dependencies?

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 20:35 Kaz-49 @.***> wrote:

When you say manually, you mean building from source myself, I take it? I tried to build it myself but when I ran make it just spit out a bunch of errors and exited. Did you mean a different way of installing it?

Installing... cd src && make install make[1]: Entering directory '/home/kaz49/Downloads/tmp/linux-wifi-hotspot-4.5.0/src' make[1]: No rule to make target '../build/wihotspot-gui', needed by 'install'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kaz49/Downloads/tmp/linux-wifi-hotspot-4.5.0/src' make: [Makefile:9: install] Error 2

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[Kaz-49]

Ah, turns out I'm an idiot. Thanks mate!