PPA

Examples

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• To find out the PPA to which a package belongs, simply run the following command in a terminal:

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• You can build it yourself without too much difficulty, but hopefully there will be a PPA available soon.

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• Add the PPA using the following command:

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• So here's a quick tip on how to find out to which PPA a package belongs.

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• Also, a PPA repository that we can install it from would make it easy to install it.

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• Some packages in the Ubuntu 12.10 repositories aren't updated to the latest 3.6.x version. So, like we wrote a while back, you can use the GNOME3 PPA to upgrade these applications.

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• Adding a PPA is relatively painless (3 commands, or several clicks through some menus), but you really shouldn't add PPAs from any entities that you don't implicitly trust.

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• You can add a PPA to your system to easily install software packages.

• To enhance your Ubuntu experience, remember to enable the PPA for the latest updates.

• The package manager uses the PPA to retrieve and install the desired applications.

Synonyms

R

repo

vsPPA

• Jargon

3 4.2

A place online where developers keep and manage code

is a user-hosted service focused on distributing packages rather than general storage

C

code repository

vsPPA

• Specialized

1 3.8

A place where programmers store and share code to work together

is focused on distributing packages by users rather than storing source code

Surface Forms

Etymology