https://apt.syncthing.net/ instructions not working on Ubuntu 24.04

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I’ve tried upgrading a machine running the included syncthing-version that served by the Ubuntu repository. I have tried serveral times using the instructions on https://apt.syncthing.net/ but I can’t get it to work.

No errors getting the pgp keys or generating the syncthing.list in /etc/apt/sources.d.list/. Files created and look ok. Running sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade does not update my syncthing v1 to v2. If I uninstall syncthing v1 and tries to install syncthing again, Ubuntu 24.04 is still fetching v1 from Ubuntu repositories. I have checked the output after apt update and the apt.syncthing.net is listed.

Have done everything after your instructions, how come it doesn’t work?

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You need to use the “stable-v2” channel, as described on that page. The older “stable” channel is deliberately limited to version 1.x, so that APT users can make a concious choice for the migration.

Also, it is /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, not ending with .list as you wrote it. Make sure to have that correct, otherwise you may have conflicting duplicates.

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As stated I’ve done the instructions several times, including checking that files have been generated correctly:

To allow the system to check the packages authenticity, you need to provide the release key.

# Add the release PGP keys:
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -L -o /etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg

The stable-v2 channel is updated with stable release builds, usually every first Tuesday of the month.

# Add the "stable-v2" channel to your APT sources:
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable-v2" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list

And they are supposed to give me access to stable-v2. It worked fine on a debian based system (openmediavault), but not on Ubuntu 24.04.

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Your problem could also be related to the Troubleshouting entry “Distribution Package Preferred Over This Version” on that page.

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Thank you, that solved it.

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Maybe we should set a higher epoch version on our upstream-provided packages @calmh? Usually they will be newer than the distro and should be preferred by default?

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I’m confused why that would be necessary or help? I run Ubuntu in a bunch of places and have never had to go through these dances…

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