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Project Wild Penguin 19.4.2017: How to install manually installed packages on one system to another system remotely

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So, finally after a long time, I've found an original solution to my set of problems stated below: To backup and restore repositories.  To install manually installed packages on a new system or another system remotely. Most of the times, I've found straightforward answers to my queries from techgurus at askubuntu.com or any other sites. But this time, I've to be a bit more jugaadu by applying combinatorics to various solutions that I found to create a single solution for my problem  .  While implementing the solution, the question that was on back of my mind is beautifully depicted in the following xkcd comic: Will it work? If it doesn't, there is a likely chance of my system breaking down and lose of valuable time in fixing it. But thankfully, it did work.  Now, I'll share the process that I followed in implementing this solution. First part of the problem was achieved using the Y PPA Manager that I've mentioned in my blog post Fix dup...

Project Wild Penguin 17.4.2017: Fix duplicate sources.list entry

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To fix the above mentioned error, follow the list of steps that most easily provides the solution (also to backup PPA repository and other features too): You can remove duplicate entries in few easy steps with Y PPA Manager sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager -y Open y-ppa-manager form Dash Enter You Admin Password. Double Click On Advanced. Scan & Remove Duplicate PPA's & Click Ok. It will take some time ( 1 or 2 Mints ) To Scan & Remove Duplicate PPA's. Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/120621/how-to-fix-duplicate-sources-list-entry