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How to remove ppa using python apt module?

I can add a ppa using it, but I cannot remove it. I cannot find the correct syntax for removing ppa from sources.list. Here's my code:

import aptsources.sourceslist as s
repo = ('deb', 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu', 'xenial', ['main'])
sources = s.SourcesList()
sources.add(repo)
sources.save()

#doesn't work 
sources.remove(repo)

I tried to read the documents I found here , but I still cannot find the format to callsources.remove(repo)

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The text SourcesList.remove()

reads remove(source_entry)

, indicating that it needs an object SourceEntry

. However, it sources.add()

returns an object SourceEntry

:

import aptsources.sourceslist as sl

sources = sl.SourcesList()
entry = sources.add('deb', 'mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt', 'xenial', ['main'])
print(type(entry))

Outputs:

<class 'aptsources.sourceslist.SourceEntry'>


To delete an entry:

sources.remove(entry)
sources.save()

You can also disable it (which will leave a commented out entry in sources.list

:

entry.set_enabled(False)
sources.save()
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I am using this for deletion for now.



import fileinput 

filename = '/etc/apt/sources.list'
word = 'grub-customizer'
n = ""
remove = fileinput.input(filename, inplace=1)
for line in remove:
    if word in line:
       line = n
    line.strip()
    print line,
remove.close()
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