[fritsch]

Not sure - the side should work, just rechecked. All other ppa i know of are also on launchpad and should have the same problem for you. Try running sudo apt-get update first

[mediaphreak]

When I initially was installing XBMC, I wanted to get the latest and so I added the PPA but it failed on apt-get update. As a fall-back I was forced to install from Software Centre.
I have run 'sudo apt-get update' a dozen times or more since that time. Each time I received the 'forbidden access 403' error.

I can successfully ping ppa.launchpad.net

Without access to the repo, it's looking like I'll have to abort XBMC.

[fritsch]

Are you censored by your internet provider? Can you pastebin the ppa line that you are using from the config file?

[mediaphreak]

I can successfully ping/resolve ppa.launchpad.net, so my ISP is not suspect. I don't use any proxy's. I've even changed DNS server settings.

Further investigation indicates that ALL ppa.launchpad.net update attempts are producing the same errors in Precise. There appears to be a bug in apt.

Reference Launchpad bug: #1185159 Failing to fetch https sources with apt-get update
since this bug indicates https sources, I've opened a separate bug report (#1200955) on http sources.

My ppa config line: http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu

[mediaphreak]

I think I might have a work-around for my apt-get issues. I have been able to get my hands on the debs for XBMC-Frodo for both Raring(13.04) and Saucy(12.10). I am running Precise on my Media Server.
Would I be able to use either of these debs on Precise successfully? Which should I use, and is it just a matter of installing via Software Center, or should I uninstall 11.0 first?

[wsnipex]

you will also need quite a few dependencies, basically everything in the ppa

[mediaphreak]

This is what I have:
12.10
22145292 May 3 03:55 xbmc_2%3a12.2~git20130502.1706-frodo-0quantal_all.deb
12526348 May 3 03:55 xbmc-bin_2%3a12.2~git20130502.1706-frodo-0quantal_amd64.deb
215104 May 3 03:55 xbmc-pvr-argustv_1.6.166-0quantal_amd64.deb
123168 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-dvbviewer_1.6.5-0quantal_amd64.deb
216962 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver_1.6.8-0quantal_amd64.deb
318956 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-mythtv-cmyth_1.6.9-0quantal_amd64.deb
140548 May 3 03:55 xbmc-pvr-nextpvr_1.6.5-0quantal_amd64.deb
86100 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-njoy_1.6.2-0quantal_amd64.deb
179060 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-tvheadend-hts_1.6.19-0quantal_amd64.deb
125182 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-vdr-vnsi_1.6.4-0quantal_amd64.deb
146346 Mar 18 16:51 xbmc-pvr-vuplus_1.6.7-0quantal_amd64.deb

13.04
22156226 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc_2%3a12.2~git20130502.1706-frodo-0raring_all.deb
12519976 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-bin_2%3a12.2~git20130502.1706-frodo-0raring_amd64.deb
215296 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-argustv_1.6.166-0raring_amd64.deb
115466 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-dvbviewer_1.6.5-0raring_amd64.deb
215910 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver_1.6.8-0raring_amd64.deb
312378 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-mythtv-cmyth_1.6.9-0raring_amd64.deb
140784 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-nextpvr_1.6.5-0raring_amd64.deb
85922 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-njoy_1.6.2-0raring_amd64.deb
173224 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-tvheadend-hts_1.6.19-0raring_amd64.deb
118520 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-vdr-vnsi_1.6.4-0raring_amd64.deb
140478 Jul 13 18:19 xbmc-pvr-vuplus_1.6.7-0raring_amd64.deb

What is your recommendation?

[mediaphreak]

I think I found the answer, on the Discussion tab.

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW..._for_Linux

Comment 5: 12 won't be on the Debian (and thus Ubuntu) repos automatically
As topic says. We've been exiled to the unstable repo until some libav stuff is sorted out. -- Ned Scott 07:45, 29 January 2013 (EST)

[wsnipex]

no, this has nothing to do with launchpad and our PPAs.
It only means we are not in _standard debian_ repositories.