NAME

       add-apt-repository  -  Adds  a  repository  into  the /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or
       removes an existing one

SYNOPSIS

       add-apt-repository [OPTIONS] REPOSITORY

DESCRIPTION

       add-apt-repository is a script which adds an external APT repository to either /etc/apt/sources.list or a
       file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ or removes an already existing repository.

       The options supported by add-apt-repository are:

       -h, --help Show help message and exit

       -m, --massive-debug Print a lot of debug information to the command line

       -r, --remove Remove the specified repository

       -y, --yes Assume yes to all queries

       -u,  --update  After  adding  the repository, update the package cache with packages from this repository
       (avoids need to apt-get update)

       -k, --keyserver Use a custom keyserver URL instead of the default

       -s, --enable-source Allow downloading of the source packages from the repository

REPOSITORY STRING

       REPOSITORY  can  be  either  a  line  that  can  be  added  directly  to  sources.list(5),  in  the  form
       ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> for adding Personal Package Archives, or a distribution component to enable.

       In the first form, REPOSITORY will just be appended to /etc/apt/sources.list.

       In the second form, ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> will be expanded to the full deb line of the PPA and added into
       a new file in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory.  The GPG public key of the  newly  added  PPA  will
       also be downloaded and added to apt's keyring.

       In the third form, the given distribution component will be enabled for all sources.

SEE ALSO

       sources.list(5) apt-get(8)

COPYRIGHT

       This  manual  page  was  written by Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be
       used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses.

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