The Personal Package Archives Index Part 1

Submitted by k4tz on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 14:57
The PPA Index [UPDATED 07/29/08]

Updates

08/19/08: Added loell's and my PPA.
08/13/08: Added PPAs for gnome-wallpaper and epiphany-webkit.
07/31/08: Added PPAs for Mozilla Team, Amarok 2, PlayOnLinux, aMule, Audacious, Ubuntu 8.10 theme, Claws-Mail and Terminator.
07/29/08: Added PPAs for Cairo Composite Manager, Deluge, Flash 10, Midori, Compiz Fusion, Cairo Dock, Gnome Do, Banshee, Google Gadgets, chmsee, and Screenlets

Introduction

As inspired by this post here, I have begun work on an index of the most useful PPAs out there. If you know of any, please let me know!

What are PPAs?

As described by https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart:

Quote:
With Launchpad's Personal Package Archives (PPA), you can build and publish binary Ubuntu packages for multiple architectures simply by uploading an Ubuntu source package to Launchpad.

In short, PPAs (short for Personal Package Archives) make it easier for developers and package maintainers to upload and share packages of their programs. They can provide software not found in Ubuntu's repositories, or they can provide updated packages of outdated software. PPAs, along with Launchpad, make it easier to provide safe and reliable package repositories for everyday use.

How do I use PPAs?

There are two ways of going about this:

Method 1

  1. In Ubuntu, go to System > Administration > Software Sources.
  2. Click on the Third Party Software tab, and click Add....
  3. Under APT line, copy and paste in the APT line as provided by the PPA. The APT line should look something similar to this:
    Code:
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main

    Once it is copied and pasted in, click Add Source.

  4. Click Close. A pop-up will ask you to reload the package information. Click Reload.
  5. Now, you can go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, and search for and install your software through there.

Method 2

  1. Open up a terminal through Applications > Accessories > Terminal, and enter in the following:
    Code:
    gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. At the bottom of the file, on a new line, copy and paste in the APT line as provided by the PPA. The APT line should look something similar to this:
    Code:
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main

    Once it is copied and pasted in, save the file and exit.

  3. Reload the package information by entering in the following:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get update
  4. Install your software either through System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, or via this command:
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install name-of-program

Now you're good to go!

The List

Categories:


  1. PPAs of official projects
  2. Personal PPAs

1. PPAs of official projects

Ubuntu Tweak
Website: https://launchpad.net/~tualatrix/+archive
Description: A PPA for Ubuntu Tweak, a program designed to tweak the hidden configuration settings of GNOME.
APT line:

Avant Window Navigator
Website: https://launchpad.net/~awn-testing/+archive
Description: A testing PPA for the popular dock Avant Window Navigator.
APT line:

LXDE
Website: https://launchpad.net/~lxde/+archive
Description: A PPA for the LXDE, a lightweight stable desktop environment.
APT line:

GScrot
Website: https://launchpad.net/~gscrot/+archive
Description: A PPA for GScrot, an advanced screenshot taking program for GNOME.
APT line:

Telepathy
Website: https://launchpad.net/~telepathy/+archive
Description: A PPA for Telepathy, Empathy and Farsight, a set of frameworks for instant messaging clients.
APT line:

Exaile
Website: https://launchpad.net/~exaile-devel/+archive
Description: A PPA for Exaile, a full-featured music player for GNOME.
APT line:

GNOME Do
Website: https://launchpad.net/~do-core/+archive
Description: A PPA for GNOME Do, an application that lets you do things as quickly as possible.
APT line:

Banshee
Website: https://launchpad.net/~banshee-team/+archive
Description: A PPA for the latest version of Banshee, a GNOME audio management and playback application.
APT line:

Google Gadgets
Website: https://launchpad.net/~googlegadgets/+archive
Description: A PPA for the Google Gadgets, a platform for running Google Gadgets on Linux.
APT line:

Deluge
Website: https://launchpad.net/~deluge-team/+archive
Description: A PPA for the latest stable version of Deluge, a GNOME BitTorrent client.
APT line:

KDE 4
Website: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.1rc1
Description: A PPA to get KDE4 installed on Kubuntu Hardy.
APT line:

Cairo Composite Manager
Website: https://launchpad.net/~gandalfn/+archive
Description: A PPA for Cairo Composite Manager.
APT line:

Mozilla Team
Website: https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive
Description: A PPA for bleeding-edge packages of Firefox and other Mozilla programs.
APT line:

PlayOnLinux
Website: https://launchpad.net/~playonlinux/+archive
Description: A PPA for PlayOnLinux, a program that lets you run your Windows programs on Linux.
APT line:

Amarok Project Neon
Website: https://launchpad.net/~project-neon/+archive
Description: A PPA for the nightly builds of the upcoming Amarok 2.
APT line:

Terminator
Website: https://launchpad.net/~gnome-terminator/+archive
Description: A PPA for Terminator, a program that lets you run multiple GNOME terminals in one window.
APT line:

Claws-Mail
Website: https://launchpad.net/~claws-mail/+archive
Description: A PPA for Claws Mail, a lightweight GTK mail client.
APT line:

gnome-wallpaper
Website: https://launchpad.net/~doctormo/+archive
Description: A PPA for gnome-wallpaper, an auto-changing wallpaper program for GNOME.
APT line:

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