https://blog.thameera.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/adding-ppas/ https://blog.thameera.com/adding-ppas/#comments thameera Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:00:23 +0000 Uncategorized bash linux ppa http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=25 Until now I was too afraid at the notion of adding a new PPA to the system. Some sites give you the direct commands to add the PPA but when you have to do it manually, I start to sweat. Today, I wanted to install HandBrake in my Ubuntu system, and was directed to this…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/adding-ppas/" title="Continue reading ‘Adding PPAs’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p>Until now I was too afraid at the notion of adding a new PPA to the system. Some sites give you the direct commands to add the PPA but when you have to do it manually, I start to sweat.</p> <p>Today, I wanted to install HandBrake in my Ubuntu system, and was directed to <a href="https://edge.launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-snapshots" target="_blank">this page</a>. And after installing the key somehow, I got to know how easy a task it was. All you have to do is type <em>sudo add-apt-repository &lt;ppa-name&gt; </em>and <em>sudo apt-get update </em>after the key is installed. For example, the commands I entered in this case were:</p> <pre> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots sudo apt-get update</pre> https://blog.thameera.com/adding-ppas/feed/ 2 25