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Add, list and remove PPA repositories

Add

From here.

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ppa_name
sudo apt-get install package_name

List

From here.

Create a bash shell script with the following content.

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#! /bin/sh 
# listppa Script to get all the PPA installed on a system ready to share for reininstall
for APT in `find /etc/apt/ -name \*.list`; do
    grep -o "^deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/[a-z0-9\-]\+/[a-z0-9\-]\+" $APT | while read ENTRY ; do
        USER=`echo $ENTRY | cut -d/ -f4`
        PPA=`echo $ENTRY | cut -d/ -f5`
        echo sudo apt-add-repository ppa:$USER/$PPA
    done
done

Remove

From here.

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sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:dyatlov-igor/la-capitaine

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