1.Download this file :
root@k4linux:/# wget http://blog.anantshri.info/content/uploads/2010/09/add-apt-repository.sh.txt
File backup:
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
NM=`uname -a && date`
NAME=`echo $NM | md5sum | cut -f1 -d" "`
then
ppa_name=`echo "$1" | cut -d":" -f2 -s`
if [ -z "$ppa_name" ]
then
echo "PPA name not found"
echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"
echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"
else
echo "$ppa_name"
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/$ppa_name/ubuntu lucid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update >> /dev/null 2> /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt
key=`cat /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt | cut -d":" -f6 | cut -d" " -f3`
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys $key
rm -rf /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt
fi
else
echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"
echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"
fi
2.Save this file in /usr/sbin/ :
root@k4linux:/# cp add-apt-repository.sh.txt /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
3.Change permissions to execute :
root@k4linux:/# chmod o+x /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
4.Change ownership to root :
root@k4linux:/# chown root:root /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
5.Now when ever you need to execute command type :
root@k4linux:/# sudo add-apt-repository ppa: ppa - name_
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