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Ubuntu Karmic Makes It Easy

launchpad-logo-and-nameHey! I’m back posting in this blog! I simply didn’t post because I had no time, sorry, but I even didn’t have time to post in my own blog! lol.. But now I have a few minutes and wanted to make a post here, because I hate blogs that never update! So I decided to make a favor to Jonathan, he has no time either, he has less than me.. :/ . Ok, the thing is that in karmic it’s so much easier adding PPA repositories! You can do it all, from adding it & downloading the pgp key with a single command. The command you gotta use is: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:REPOSITORYNAME. Now a simple example: (Program Used In The Example Is Ubuntu Tweak)

marce@marce-desktop:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix
[sudo] password for marce:
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
--secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg
--keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
--recv FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220
gpg: solicitando clave 0624A220 de hkp servidor keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: clave 0624A220: «Launchpad PPA for TualatriX»
gpg: Cantidad total procesada: 1
gpg:              sin cambios: 1
marce@marce-desktop:~$

Then, to install the program, all we gotta do is type in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

OR use software center.. :)

SOURCE || AndroidTux Linux Blog

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30. Oct, 2009

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  1. Suhail
    30. Oct, 2009 at 10:41 am #

    Can you add multiple repositories ,like I want to add the repositories for banshee,mendeley desktop,dropbox etc..??

    Can you use the same command or do you have to write a script??

  2. AndroidTux
    30. Oct, 2009 at 8:03 pm #

    Ok, that’s something I gotta research, when I know I’ll update the post and tell you by comment.. :)

  3. аксессуары
    30. Oct, 2009 at 11:18 pm #

    Do Asians throw hamburgers at their weddings since American’s throw rice at theirs?

  4. vasiauvi
    30. Oct, 2009 at 11:19 pm #

    Hy!
    This is a great command, it’s more simple. Before I had problems putting a repository but now it very easy!
    Have a nice day!

  5. AndroidTux
    31. Oct, 2009 at 3:52 am #

    Thanks, and yes. It’s easy.. BUT IT WAS ALWAYS EASY! It’s just that people like complicating and editing everything manually, I NEVER edited the sources.list manually in jaunty, and had MAAANY 3º-party repos.. It’s just thing of going to: system>Administration>Software Sources.. or something like that.. xD.. then, in the tab that says “third party”, you click on add, put the repo url, and voila! does everything..