How/where do I get hponcfg for Ubuntu 24?

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Fri Jun 27 17:47:41 UTC 2025


I thank you for this help.  Turns out, now, the three grandchildren here 
visiting from New Jersey, are taking up my time.

To be resumed Sunday after they leave!

Parents need a bit of a break so us grandparents have to step up our game.,

On 6/27/25 1:27 PM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> Hi,
> Am Freitag, dem 27.06.2025 um 13:13 -0400 schrieb Robert Moskowitz via
> ubuntu-users:
>> Unfortunately for me, I am a Ubuntu newbe and instructions like this:
>>
>>    Apt(ubuntu/debian) is a bit different in that you put the
>> configuration file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, which contains one
>> line,
>> for example "deb http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/hprest
>> xenial/current non-free". Substituting xenial with your current
>> distribution version (cat /etc/lsb-release). For the contents of the
>> configuration file, please see the project page for the repository.
>> The
>> hprest configuration file, for example, is at
>> http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/hprest/
>>
>> are beyond my current level.  Give me a year or two.
>>
>> The config file?
>>
> You create a file like: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpconfig-repo.list
>
>> and
>>
>> cat /etc/lsb-release
>> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
>> DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04
>> DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble
>> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS"
>>
>> distribution version?
> That tells your distribution code name is "noble"
>
> Googling a bit gets me to this page with the package list of a repo
> containing the tool you look for:
>
> https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/ubuntu/dists/noble/current/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages
>
> So deducting from that URL you want to put the line (mind you the mail
> program might wrap the line below, you want a single line):
>
> deb http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp
> noble/current non-free
>
>
> ...into the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hpconfig-repo.list file
>
> then run:
>
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt install hpconfig
>
> (you might need to allow it to install the package unsigned, I could
> not find a GPG key for the repo)
>
> ciao
> 	oli
>




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