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 PPA's are especially useful if you want to help do beta testing or try pre-release versions of programs. In other cases, such as for KXStudio, PPA's supply stable releases that aren't maintained or up-to-date in the main system repositories. Installing from a PPA is easier and recommended in most cases over installing from .deb packages or compiling from source. PPA's are especially useful if you want to help do beta testing or try pre-release versions of programs. In other cases, such as for KXStudio, PPA's supply stable releases that aren't maintained or up-to-date in the main system repositories. Installing from a PPA is easier and recommended in most cases over installing from .deb packages or compiling from source.
  
-If a PPA is available, it will be listed either on a software's website or their Launchpad.net page. For example, the latest stable release of LibreOffice isn't in the main repositories because it hasn't had completely thorough testing under this version of Ubuntu. LibreOffice offers a PPA for the stable version and another for beta testing. The address for the stable PPA is: ppa:libreoffice/ppa+If a PPA is available, it will usually be listed on the projects website. For example, the latest stable release of LibreOffice isn't in the main repositories because it hasn't had completely thorough testing under this version of Ubuntu. LibreOffice offers a PPA for the stable version and another for beta testing. The address for the stable PPA is: ppa:libreoffice/ppa
  
 To add the new PPA, open Muon and choose "Configure Software Sources" from the "Settings" menu then enter your password. In the window that appears, choose the tab "Other Software". Click the "Add…" button and enter the PPA's address. To add the new PPA, open Muon and choose "Configure Software Sources" from the "Settings" menu then enter your password. In the window that appears, choose the tab "Other Software". Click the "Add…" button and enter the PPA's address.
wiki/package_management.1382442491.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/10/22 13:48 by danboid