Where is add-apt-repository?

[pbaumer]

Hi,

I am running an Ubuntu/X64 10.04. I am trying to install bazaar from bazaar.canonical.com. The PPA of bazaar (https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/ppa) page tells me to use the add-apt-repository.

However my system doesn't have it.


>add-apt-repository
bash: add-apt-repository: command not found


> dpkg -S add-apt-repository
dpkg: *add-apt-repository* not found.

Some pages tell me it is in the python-software-properties. But it is not.


>dpkg -L python-software-properties
/.
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/README
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/TODO
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/copyright
/usr/share/doc/python-software-properties/changelog.gz
/usr/share/pyshared
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/__init__.py
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/AptAuth.py
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/CountryInformation.py
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/distro.py
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/MirrorTest.py
/usr/share/pyshared/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py
/usr/share/pyshared-data
/usr/share/pyshared-data/python-software-properties

Any help is seriously appreciated ! :confused:

[howefield]

Try this in terminal...


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzr/ppa

[pbaumer]

Try this in terminal...


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzr/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzr/ppa
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

[howefield]

Not sure why it wouldn't work for you assuming no typos. Seems fine for me - (see screenshot).

You could try the "long" way...

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

Open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and type


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following to the end of the file and save...


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

Then add the authentication key - copy the contents of the following webpage to a text file on your desktop.

http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD702BF6B8C6C1EFD

and go to System > Administration > Software Sources > Authentication and import the key file that you just created.

Then reload your software sources.

[pbaumer]

Thanks Howefeld, with your help and some more attention, I have found "my" problem.

Thanks.

[lidex]

Interesting...try this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-software-properties && sudo dpkg-reconfigure python-software-properties

[y3ahright]

Interesting...try this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-software-properties && sudo dpkg-reconfigure python-software-properties

Thanks that did the trick for me. (better then having to go into /etc/apt/sources.list and manually fixing it.

[Frogs Hair]

Glad it's solved , I think you were looking for this.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzr-explorer-dev/ppa