21.04 Balena-Etcher load problem

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1

Is Etcher available in 21.04 yet.
In 20.04 LTS I had to add an additional DNS [8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1]- used 8.8.8.8
Added 8.8.8.8 to 21.04 apparently successfully but the loader in Boutique tried to download 2 copies of Etcher, one marked 'idle'.
The faulty, failed download is 'remembered and I don't know how to flush it without reloading 21.04.
In an up-tp-date 20.04.2 LTS, updating with sudo apt-get update I also got an error on Etcher.
ray@rayLinux2020:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ray:
Get:1 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [265 kB]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [109 kB]
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/heyarje/makemkv-beta/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:4 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lah7/ubuntu-mate-colours/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:9 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:10 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Err:7 https://dl.bintray.com/etcher/debian stable InRelease
403 Forbidden [IP: 3.125.168.216 443]
Get:11 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [953 kB]
Get:12 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [465 kB]
Get:13 http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [765 kB]
Reading package lists... Done
E: Failed to fetch https://deb.etcher.io/dists/stable/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 3.125.168.216 443]
E: The repository 'https://deb.etcher.io stable InRelease' is no longer signed.
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.
ray@rayLinux2020:~$

Is Ether working in 20.10

Please help

2

Hi,
Etcher is available as an Appimage that works on every distro from their website:


Just download it and run it.

They no longer provide a working repository.

3

As Utsuro kindly notes, an appimage is available and it works on 20.04.

However, if you look at -

and scroll halfway down the page, you can follow the directions there to add a working repository and acquire Etcher during the course of a normal update. The formerly working repository must first be removed or disabled as it gets an unsigned error. Then -

  1. Add Etcher Debian repository -
curl -1sLf \
   'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' \
   | sudo -E bash

  1. Update and install -

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install balena-etcher-electron

Good luck xaire.

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Thank you for the detailed help, got it working in 20.04.2 LTS.
Only additional work I discovered was adding 'curl'.
xaire

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I usually don't recommend programs from another distro but, I found that "mintstick 1.4.7.deb" works great in 20.04 and 22.04. It installs both the usb formatter and usb iso burner. It is very low on resources and I have had zero problem(s) installing and/or using on my Ubuntu Mate computers.