Ubuntu Repositories

Below are some suggestions for additional repositories for use with Ubuntu

If you want to save time jump down to Ubuntu Tweak and install it. Ubuntu Tweak allows you to install multiple repositories with a minimum of fuss.

 Notes: 

With the introduction of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala there is now a new; simpler way to add repositories, however not all repositories have yet adopted this method so in these instances fall back to using the pre 9.10 method.

 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Open Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources)

Click on the 'Other Software' tab

Click the 'Add' button

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box and press the 'Add Source' button:

This method automatically add the authentication key and the option to compile from source. If you do not wish to compile from source you can just uncheck the box next to its entry.

 All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 

Where you see YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE replace it with the version of Ubuntu you are running, i.e. karmic

Open Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources)

Click on the 'Authentication' tab, click on 'Import File Key' and browse to the .pub file (see below) highlight the file and click 'OK' and follow prompts.

Click on the 'Third Party Software' tab, click 'Add' and paste the first line of the text below in to the 'APT line:' box and press the 'Add Source' button:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Add this line if you intend to compile from the source code:

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

 Authentication Keys 

When copying a authentication key you need to copy all the text from and including "-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-" through to and including "-END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-" in to a text editor, saving the resulting file with a .pub extension

Go to: System --> Administration --> Software Sources and click on the 'Authentication' tab, click on 'Import File Key' and browse to the .pub file highlight the file and click 'OK' and follow prompts.

Adobe Flash - 64bit Only
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box:

ppa:sevenmachines/flash

Click the 'Add source' button

OR command line...

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 61E46227 sudo apt-get update apt-cache search flash sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer

Banshee
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box:

ppa:banshee-team/ppa

 All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Compiz-Fusion
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box:

ppa:compiz/ppa

All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/compiz/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/compiz/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Evolution
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jacob/evo230 && sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install evolution

When in a cooperate environment you may require:

sudo apt-get install evolution-mapi

Filezilla
This repository covers several packages however for us it is known as the Filezilla Repository.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/programs-ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install filezilla

Get-Deb
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box: ppa:getdeb-package-managers/ppa

Click the 'Add Source' button

All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Open the following link for the Compiz Fusion authentication key block. 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/getdeb-package-managers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/getdeb-package-managers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Gloobus Preview
Make sure you install 'unoconv' otherwise you may experience errors when trying to use GP to view OpenOffice documents:

sudo apt-get install unoconv

Gnome-Do
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box:

ppa:do-core/ppa

Click the 'Add Source' button

 All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 

Open the following link for the Gnome-Do authentication key block. 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Google
Open the following link for the Google authentication key block. 

Go to: System --> Administration --> Software Sources.

Click on the 'Authentication' tab, click on 'Import File Key' and browse to the .pub file created in step 2 highlight and click 'OK' and follow prompts.

Click on the 'Third Party Software' tab, click 'Add' and paste the first line of the text below in to the 'APT line:' box, click the 'Add Source' button

deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main

Medibuntu
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update

Mythbuntu
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Open Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources)

Click on the 'Other Software' tab

Click the 'Add' button

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box:

ppa:mythbuntu/ppa

Click the 'Add Source' button

All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Open the following link for the Compiz Fusion authentication key block. 

deb deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Rhythmbox
 NOTE:  Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat only.

Open a terminal and enter the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/rhythmbox && sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Sun Java
 10.04 onwards 

Open a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sun-java6

Transmission
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install transmission transmission-cli

https://launchpad.net/~transmissionbt/+archive/ppa

Ubuntu Tweak
 9.10 Karmic Koala and on 

Open Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources)

Click on the 'Other Software' tab

Click the 'Add' button

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box and press the 'Add Source' button:

ppa:tualatrix/ppa

 All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 

Open the following link for the Ubuntu Tweak authentication key block. 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

Wine
9.10 Karmic Koala and on

Open Software Sources (System->Administration->Software Sources)

Click on the 'Other Software' tab

Click the 'Add' button

Paste the following in to the 'APT line:' box and press the 'Add Source' button:

ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

All versions up to and including 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Open the following link for the Wine authentication key block. 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

X Updates
Not the bleeding edge repository but one for those who want a little excitement without scaring themselves silly.