I'm trying to install vim 8 on ubuntu 16.10 by adding the following repository like so:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
after doing so apt update gets stuck
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu yakkety InRelease
Err:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu yakkety Release
404 Not Found
Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety InRelease
Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:6 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates InRelease
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:8 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu yakkety 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.
Am I using the wrong repository? I'm following the instructions I found here.
Best Answer
That repository does not provide packages for 16.10 (Yakkety). Note also that the howto you are reading says it is for 16.04, not 16.10.