Rudkin On Linux, Mac and Tech

I recent versions of Ubuntu a handy little utility call apt-add-repository was created to make it easier and more friendly to add Launchpad PPAs to your Ubuntu installation. I recently discovered that this utility is not installed by default on the Ubuntu Server Edition (certainly this is the case for Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS).

To add this useful utility, just run the following command from the command line or your server:-

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Once installed you will be able to add the Launchpad PPA of your choice as follows:-

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nameofppa

You can add a PPA manually, but I find this a lot easier to remember!