Alternative to sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/web

Question

I found these steps to install SoapUI but I cannot connect because of a proxy.

Traceback (most recent call last):   File
 "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 125, in <module>
     ppa_info = get_ppa_info_from_lp(user, ppa_name)   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 80,
 in get_ppa_info_from_lp
     curl.perform() pycurl.error: (7, "couldn't connect to host")

I don't have problems with apt-get update, so is there any way to install SoapUI modifying sources.list?

Answer 1

Follow the instructions on adding PPAs here: What are PPAs and how do I use them?

(alternatively, use the method below)

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Yes. The PPA page on Launchpad has the information needed in "Technical details about this PPA":

Select the version from the drop down and it will show you the exact lines to copy. For example, for 12.04 (precise), you can add the following two lines to your sources.list file, or a new .list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/web/ubuntu precise main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/web/ubuntu precise main 

You then need to run the following, using the key fingerprint:

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv DED04C8CBB517AE45B073F12A5D712AEE06E6293
gpg --export --armor E06E6293 | sudo apt-key add -

Or use a web interface like http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/ to get the key manually, and then add it using sudo apt-key add path/to/file.

Then update your sources to use the new PPA:

sudo apt-get update