Finding, installing and using PPAs

[murphy]

This is surely written up in detail and posted in multiple places, but for the life of me I can't find it!

I've found launchpad (http://launchpad.net), and found the "browse projects" link. I also located the information on how to install one (https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging...allingSoftware), but how the heck does one find the PPA's overview page? According to the installation instructions, this page contains the PPA's OpenPGP key id that needs to be added your system's apt-keys before one can update the software on the system. There doesn't seem to be a link in the projects list.

Thanks!

[Rog131]

Re: Finding, installing and using PPAs

> FAQ: Repositories

>> Personal Package Archives for Ubuntu

Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to upload Ubuntu source packages to be built and published as an apt repository by Launchpad. You can find out more about PPAs and how to use them in our help page.

Search user-contributed software packages published in any Ubuntu PPA.
Show PPAs matching:

An old / Back then > Using the PPA repositories

Changes / Now:
- the plasmoids are plasma-widgets
- adding the GPG key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys ########

- Karmic or later; adding the PPA repository with the GPG.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:<PPA-name>

More > Topic: Adding PPA repositories with the Karmic

[murphy]

Re: Finding, installing and using PPAs

Thank you!! I'd actually found your PPA in my search, but didn't find the complete instructions for using PPAs.

Very much appreciate the helping hand here.