add-apt-repository not working? not installed?

[leesiulung]

So I'm running what I believe to be the latest version of Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04 Lucid Lynx.

1. How do I find what version I'm running on the command line?

As it is, Sun's JDK was removed so I need to add it per the release notes.

However, following the instructions and running this command:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"

Computer reply's with "command not found". Running a whereis on add-apt-repository, it appears it is not installed.

2. How do I fix this?

I'm relatively new to the Linux world and help would be much appreciated....

[howefield]

Find out the version you are running by typing the following into the terminal

lsb_release -a

[leesiulung]

Find out the version you are running by typing the following into the terminal

lsb_release -a

Thanks! How do I know if I'm running a server version or not.

[colorlessprism]

"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:<repository name>" this registers the ppa with APT and an entry is created in /etc/apt/sources.list and backs up to /etc/apt/sources.list.save. ff a key is required and available it is automatically downloaded and registered.

you must have "python-software-properties" installed before using this command

[leesiulung]

"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:<repository name>" this registers the ppa with APT and an entry is created in /etc/apt/sources.list and backs up to /etc/apt/sources.list.save. ff a key is required and available it is automatically downloaded and registered.

you must have "python-software-properties" installed before using this command

it worked by adding "python-software-properties", but is there a way to manually add in the partner repository. How do I do that to avoid installing the python package?

edit: ohh, I see all it did was add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner

[rewolff]

I found out that one more thing is required, which was not mentioned in this thread.

You have to have lucid. (I don't know if karmic works. I'm still at jaunty).

In jaunty the python-software-properties package doesn't have add-apt-repository.

In the case above, it just needed to add the line to apt/sources.list, in my case, getting the ppa signing key was useful as well....

[swmiller6]

You do not have to add the repository you can download the deb for your architecture and manually install it.

[oldos2er]

Closed, necromancy.