Error sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

Question

I’m running Ubuntu 14.04. When I run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

I get the following error:

sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

I tried to run

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

but it shows:

software-properties-common is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

This is an old post, and maybe the OP no longer cares! However did you try sudo apt install software-properties-common --reinstall? — Swarnendu Biswas, May 17 '19 at 10:05

score 425 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 10 '19 at 21:59

425

For Ubuntu 14.04 or later you need to install the software-properties-common package:

sudo apt install software-properties-common

edited Jan 10 '19 at 21:59

Kulfy

answered Jun 22 '15 at 08:38

Daniel

That worked for me as well on Debian but only after running "apt-get update" could I install any new ppas. – Hagbard Jan 13 '21 at 15:29

score 47 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 10 '19 at 22:00

47

If you are using an older release of Ubuntu, i.e. before 12.10, it is necessary to install the package python-software-properties.

sudo apt install python-software-properties

edited Jan 10 '19 at 22:00

Kulfy

answered Mar 06 '15 at 12:25

Rohith Madhavan

I had this issue on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This fixed it, but I had to also reboot the server after installing. – Erik Kalkoken Aug 15 '19 at 10:45
This solved it for me on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. software-properties-common was already installed. – kap Oct 11 '19 at 11:55
This solved it for me on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, as software-properties-common was already installed. – Rocky Raccoon Aug 28 '20 at 00:18

Mostafa Wael · Answer 3 · 2022-02-06T12:27:04.180

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Run sudo apt-get update

Then sudo apt install software-properties-common -y

Now, you can use sudo add-apt-repository

edited Feb 06 '22 at 12:27

answered Feb 06 '22 at 11:58

Mostafa Wael

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