Add to sources.list with a command? (not a redirect or text editor)

I'm using Debian stable (squeeze) and found this command add-apt-repository but it's not found when I try use it.

I'm sure I've used a command before which added a repo but I can't remember what it was.

Mint

Posted 2011-04-16T22:34:03.250

Reputation: 259

The answers are correct, but even better would have been if they had mentioned apt-file to help you help yourself in the future. In this case, you should have run apt-file search apt-add-repository to find the package which contains the command. – Daniel Andersson – 2012-03-21T08:01:25.207

Answers

You can find the command apt-add-repository in Debian as well as Ubuntu. That command, or rather executable, is as the previous poster mentioned, in the python-software-properties package.

If you want to use the command on Debian, simply install the python-software-properties package this way;

 $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Then you'll be able to call the command this way;

$ add-apt-repository [OPTIONS] REPOSITORY

jeremiah

Posted 2011-04-16T22:34:03.250

Reputation: 264

More on add-apt-repository at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/add-apt-repository:

To add you need to follow the below syntax in your terminal:

add-apt-repository 'deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...]'

add-apt-repository ppa:<ppa_name>

Examples:

add-apt-repository 'deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ julia main'

add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-desktop

– tobych – 2011-05-18T17:02:10.870

2I just did this and add-apt-repository is still not there – knocte – 2013-01-30T11:15:13.853

This command is contained in package python-software-properties.

Maybe you used this command in ubuntu (it's preinstalled in ubuntu karmic)?

wullxz

Posted 2011-04-16T22:34:03.250

Reputation: 2 400