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Questions about adding or managing PPAs (Personal Package Archives) should use this tag. PPAs are personal package archives that allow users and groups on Launchpad to make packages available to the public. PPAs can be added with a terminal command or through Software Sources.

A PPA is a personal package archive generally hosted by launchpad.net. PPAs allow developers to distribute software in a manner similar to Ubuntu repository items using apt-get.

Users can add a PPA to their system with the add-apt-repository command or through the Software and Updates application. This allows users to install, update and remove PPA packages just like regular repository packages.

You can use the ppa-purge command to purge a PPA and all the packages provided by the PPA, or you can remove it through Software Sources.

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What are PPAs and how do I use them?

I keep reading about Personal Package Archives ('PPAs') and people answer questions with a link to a PPA. What's the best way to use these? There are multiple valid answers for this question spanning over several versions of Ubuntu. For your…
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How do I create a PPA?

How do I create my own custom PPA to share with the Ubuntu community? I am trying to create my own custom package set and I would really like to share it with the community.
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Cannot add PPA - "user or team does not exist"

When I run this command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3 I get the following error: Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~webupd8team/ubuntu/sublime-text-3'. ERROR: '~webupd8team' user or team does not exist My proxy settings are working…
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Cannot add PPA. Please check that the PPA name or format is correct

Internet connection is working. apt-get is working. Trying to add ppa:cooperjona/lightread but an error has raised: Cannot add PPA 'ppa:cooperjona/lightread' . Please check that the PPA name or format is correct. I supposed there is an error in…
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Should I trust these packages and ppas?

Possible Duplicate: Are “PPA's” safe to add to my system, and what are some “red flags” to watch out for? Should I trust these packages and ppas on Oneiric…
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Is it possible to only allow specific packages updates from a PPA

Let us say I have added a PPA that has X package that I want but it also has Y package that I do not want to use or receive updates from. How can I, from the same PPA, receive updates for a specific package but deny updates from the same PPA for…
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How do I list the content of a PPA that I have added to ubuntu?

I just added a ppa like so: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases Now, how do I get to see which packages this PPA contains?
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How do I create a private ppa server?

I am in a research and a step of it is to create a ppa to add academic files. Due the very low speed internet and the impossibility of transforming ppas hosted in launchpad into public, it must be hosted in the local server. I have tried to follow a…
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using ppa-purge (with/without -i) results in suggesting removal of over 100 packages I'm fairly sure ARE available in the standard ubuntu repository

I foolishly added the kxstudio ppa quite some time ago. All seemed well for a few months, then problems started showing up, and have been nothing but a pain since. I've submitted several bug reports and wasted much time only to discover they've…
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How can I install a program from a PPA that is listed as being for 12.04 when I'm using 11.10?

I would like to install a program from a PPA that has both Oneiric and Precise versions of the same program. The Precise version of the program is 2.2 whereas the Oneiric version is 2.0 If I try an install the normal way through the software centre…
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Why is 'ppa-purge' not installed by default?

A lot of websites encourage you (OMG Ubuntu...) to install ppa's but doesn't tell you how to uninstall it. On a default install it's possible to install a ppa by a one-liner but uninstalling isn't a one-liner... Second: The names of the apt cmd's…
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Cannot add any PPA

I recently tried to add PPA from this website. I did sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-qt5-edgers/qt5-proper from terminal. I get an error saying Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:canonical-qt5-edgers/qt5-proper'. Please check that the PPA name or format…
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Why to use ppa?

Why everyone recommends using ppa? For example... Why not just: sudo apt-get install grub-customizer and why: Something like this... sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xyz/grub-customizer sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grub-customizer EDIT:Ok…
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How do I remove an existing built package from a PPA?

Is it possible to drop built package from a PPA ? Without dropping the whole PPA ? There's multiple package inside (not multiple version), I just want to remove one of them.
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Cleaning up ppas in Software & Update after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04

After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, I see a lot of unused ppas (see picture below). Ok to remove them without causing any negative effects on the system?
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