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I guess that is a real noob question, but how can I translate such a package overview like that:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/xenial/openbox

into an appropriate sudo apt-add-repository command ??

I am on a freshly install ubuntu 18.04 server an I like to install that package.

Thanks for help!

philipp
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  • try this https://launchpad.net/~k-belding/+archive/ubuntu/ppa or this https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/openbox/download sir – abu-ahmed al-khatiri Sep 07 '18 at 06:50
  • Though you linked to the 16.04 package, the same package in 18.04 is also in universe. Enable universe and install. – muru Sep 07 '18 at 07:08
  • Well yes, adding universe solved it, but how do I generally know how to translate those url into a suitable entry in sources.list ?? – philipp Sep 07 '18 at 07:39
  • @philipp generally, you don't go about adding repositories for a different release. For the same release, see if the package is labeled [universe], [restricted] or [multiverse] and use those instead of universe in the commands from the linked post. – muru Sep 07 '18 at 08:36
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