Switch to the Other Software tab in order to view the added repositories to your system.
The Software and Update utility will by default open in the Debian Software tab. To launch Software and Update utility, hit the super key on your keyboard and enter relevant keywords in the search bar as follows: A GUI based Software and Updates utility can help you achieve this purpose. $ sudo rm /etc/apt//jonathonf-ubuntu-ffmpeg-4-focal.list Manage PPA Repositories through the GUIįor users who are not comfortable with the Linux command line can use the GUI for managing the repositories. Then use the rm command followed by the exact name of the PPA. To manually remove a repository from this file, use the “rm” command as follows: $ rm /etc/apt//ppa_list_fileįor instance, to remove the PPA for FFMpeg, first use the following command to find the exact name of the PPA: $ ls /etc/apt// Incase of above example, the command would be: $ ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4 Removing a Repository ManuallyĪs discussed earlier in this article, the added repositories are saved in a file located at /etc/apt/. Once installed, you can then run the following command to purge a repository: $ ppa-purge ppa:ppa_name
To install this utility, run this command in Terminal: $ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge In Linux, you can purge a repository using the utility PPA Purge.
Purging a repository means removing a package completely from the system including the configuration files and personalized settings. This command will only remove the PPA from your system, not the package installed via this PPA.įor instance, to remove the PPA we added in the previous section, we will have to run the following command: $ add-apt-repository -remove ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4 In case you want to remove a PPA repository for your system, use the following syntax: $ add-apt-repository –remove ppa:ppa_name Once the PPA for FFMpeg is added, use the following command in order to install it: $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg To add Jonathonf PPA to our system, we will use the following command in the Terminal: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4 Let’s take an example of adding Jonathonf PPA repository to our system which we will later use for installing FFMpeg an audio/video player. Once you added the PPA repository, update the repository list and install the package using the following command: $ sudo apt-get update $ apt install package_name Use the following syntax in order to add a PPA repository in the system. Only an authorized user can manage repositories on a Linux system. This command will list all repositories that are available on your system. To do so, run the following command in terminal: $ ls /etc/apt/ In order to view all the available repositories on your system, execute this command in Terminal: $ apt policyĪn alternative way to view the list of repositories is by printing the contents of /etc/apt/. When the search result appears, click on the Terminal icon to open it. Then in the search bar, type the keyword terminal. To open the command line Terminal, go to the Activities tab in the top left corner of your desktop.
Manage PPA Repositories through the Command Lineįor users who prefer the command line for performing basic administrative tasks, here is how to manage PPA repositories in their Debian system. However, the same commands and procedures can also be followed in other versions of Debian. Please note that we have used Debian 10 for running the commands and procedures discussed in this article. We will explain in detail how to add, view, and remove a PPA repository. In this article, we will explain how you can use the Debian command line and GUI to manage PPA repositories in your system. Launchpad then makes those packages available for users to install the application from. Launchpad is a collaboration platform developed by Canonical that allows developers to upload their source package on it. These are unofficial repositories that Launchpad made available to users.
However, if the program is not listed in the repository list, you can install it via its PPA (personal package archive). Linux users install the majority of the programs from their centralized official repository listed in the sources.list file.