add-apt-repository(1) General Commands Manual add-apt-repository(1)
NAME
add-apt-repository - Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list
or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one
SYNOPSIS
add-apt-repository [OPTIONS] REPOSITORY
DESCRIPTION
add-apt-repository is a script which adds an external APT repository to
either /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ or
removes an already existing repository.
The options supported by add-apt-repository are:
-h, --help Show help message and exit
-m, --massive-debug Print a lot of debug information to the command
line
-r, --remove Remove the specified repository
-y, --yes Assume yes to all queries
-k, --keyserver Use a custom keyserver URL instead of the default
-s, --enable-source Allow downloading of the source packages from the
repository
REPOSITORY STRING
REPOSITORY can be either a line that can be added directly to
sources.list(5), in the form ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> for adding Personal
Package Archives, or a distribution component to enable.
In the first form, REPOSITORY will just be appended to
/etc/apt/sources.list.
In the second form, ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> will be expanded to the full
deb line of the PPA and added into a new file in the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. The GPG public key of the newly
added PPA will also be downloaded and added to apt's keyring.
In the third form, the given distribution component will be enabled for
all sources.
SEE ALSO
sources.list(5)
COPYRIGHT
This manual page was written by Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@gmail.com> for
the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to
copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the
Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses.
add-apt-repository(1)