In Ubuntu, the PPA represents an unstable version to the release, and likes to try fresh people to add a lot of PPA sources.
About PPA to detailed instructions, you can refer to Https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
Describes two commands for adding and removing PPA sources
Add a PPA source
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name
such as adding cairo-dock to weekly update source
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/weekly/ubuntu
Delete a PPA source
1, to the source directory: cd/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
2, you can see the file on the source, delete can be.
Instance: Incorrect installation of the PPA causes each update source to download the last occurrence of a large failure,
For example, execute the following command: sudo apt-get update appears with the following error: Error http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages 404 Not Found
W: Cannot download http://ppa.launchpad.net/wengxt/fctix-nightly/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found follow the above method to delete the line
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Adding a PPA after the
Ubuntu9.10 and 9.10 is simple, as long as a single command is available:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name
ppa:user/ Ppa-name Replace with the to be added
to Ubuntu-tweak:
first into the Ubuntu PPA home page:
Https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas