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Jul 29, 2010 · If you are talking about the actual applications installed via a PPA, they will be listed just as any other application and you would uninstall it the same way. The PPAs (repositories) themselves will be listed under the 'Other Software' tab of the Settings->Repositories menu. They can be removed just like any other source.
Jun 10, 2012 · You can add --ppa-only to show only the PPAs. PPAs are automatically transformed to ppa:USER/REPO format. The relevant parts are the 5 lines in list_sources and list_ppa functions, the rest is just boilerplate to wrap it in a handy shell script. list-apt-repositories:
2. I use Synaptic which you can install with: sudo apt-get install synaptic. If you click on Origins on the left side of the Synaptic Window, the PPAs that are currently installed on your system, as well as their sources are generated between the "Reload" tile, and the "Sections" button. You can choose to view "All" at the same time, which ...
Apr 17, 2011 · Dev PPAs are the safest route and also need to see the contributor's duration at Launchpad. These factors guarantee a safe, stable system using PPAs for latest programs. I have found this route to keep my LTS running for long with the particular new versions of programs I use. –
Jul 27, 2014 · 5. For Finding PPA: Visit Launchpad Personal Package Archives for Ubuntu. Visit ubuntu updates and search with "Package Search" then find appropriate package according to your version of Ubuntu. For Browsing all PPAs, visit : PPA List. For getting Information about PPA and use, visit:
May 18, 2017 · 1. I have created a couple of scripts to both enable (re-enable) and disable PPAs, specially after an upgrade. Here they are: PPA re-enable script. #! /bin/bash. # PPA re-enable script. # Use: ppa-reenable source.list. # to reenable a PPA without its source line. # Use: ppa-reenable src source.list.
Dec 4, 2015 · What are the recommendations for managing other repositories and PPAs without the help of Software and Updates GUI. How to know if a repository/PPA already, - exist - enabled or - disabled ? How to handle *.list, *.list.save, *.list.save.distUpgrade files that get filled up in /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory?
Nov 5, 2014 · List all repositories including PPAs in ppa:USER/REPO format: Just remove the last grep (don't forget to remove the |\ from the previous line after the sed command). See my answer on the other question for full scripts you can save and use, including generating an install script.
Oct 8, 2022 · During an upgrade, any third party PPA is automatically disabled in order not to interfere with the upgrade process. Some should never be enabled again because they are not suited for the new version of Ubuntu, others may be supported and then could be re-enabled, such that the software installed through them is (again) automatically updated ...
Is there any way to automatically re-enable and update any PPAs that provide packages for the new version of Ubuntu? For example, suppose I'm currently running Maverick, and I have two PPAs enabled, "foo" and "bar". Suppose that "foo" provides packages for both Maverick and Natty, while "bar" provides packages for Natty only.
