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Title: Installing a PPA from the terminal - need help
Post by: LinuxNoob on February 23, 2016, 06:55:33 PM

I rarely add ppa's but every time I try it seems to not work. so



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With this in front of you how would I apply that in the terminal. Maybe if I see how it's done it will help me in later attempts with other ppa's. Maybe it's not me maybe

Thanks

Title: Re: Installing a PPA from the terminal - need help
Post by: Jerry on February 23, 2016, 07:20:28 PM

The Help Manual covers adding PPA's.

Title: Re: Installing a PPA from the terminal - need help
Post by: torreydale on February 23, 2016, 08:06:52 PM

I wonder what it says if you click on that "Read about installing" link.  Nevertheless, it looks like you can install it by copying and pasting the following lines into a terminal one by one.

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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lzh9102/qwinff
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qwinff

Title: Re: Installing a PPA from the terminal - need help
Post by: LinuxNoob on February 23, 2016, 08:38:23 PM

I was doing this

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:http://ppa.launchpad.net/lzh9102/qwinff/ubuntu

I think by adding all the technical details in blue messes everyone up. I remember long ago there is a rule that programers have to follow and that is to bend backwards in creating systems to make it more user friendly/easier to understand atleast.

That page is very confusing for someone who just needs a dam example to follow. /rant

I will look at the help section closer Jerry, oh torrydale I see what I'm doing wrong now.

I try to figure stuff out before I post here. I remember trying while back for something else and gave up, I was determined to figure it out this time.

Thanks

update: Tried to install this and it would not let me. saying something about unmet dependencies. So I removed the PPA and QwinFF will not be installed

Title: Re: Installing a PPA from the terminal - need help
Post by: WestX64 on February 25, 2016, 01:22:38 AM

Quote from: LinuxNoob on February 23, 2016, 08:38:23 PM

I was doing this

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:http://ppa.launchpad.net/lzh9102/qwinff/ubuntu

I think by adding all the technical details in blue messes everyone up. I remember long ago there is a rule that programers have to follow and that is to bend backwards in creating systems to make it more user friendly/easier to understand atleast.

That page is very confusing for someone who just needs a dam example to follow. /rant

I agree with you, when I first started using Linux I found adding PPAs to be rather confusing and I did exactly what you were doing above (even after clicking the "Read about installing" link).  I had to watch a YouTube video to figure it out properly and understand it.  I guess I needed a dam example to follow to get it right too.  Stuff like this can get rather confusing to former / long time Windows users who are used to just double clicking on a thing and that's it.  In any case, PPAs do have their advantages and after figuring them out and using them a few times I'm sure things will become much easier and clearer for you.

The instructions torreydale provided look exactly correct to me.