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Hamed Kamrava
Asked: 2014-06-28 13:15:58 +0800 CST

What is the meaning of `ppa:x/y`

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I know how to add a PPA to Ubuntu. But I don't know what this ppa:x/y PPA format means!

For instance :

# (VLC PPA)
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:videolan/stable-daily

What is videolan and what is stable-daily ?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    This is the format:

    ppa:user/ppa-name

    In your case:

    ppa:videolan/stable-daily

    This user has two package archives:

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  2. In ppa:X/Y the value X is the user name of the PPA's owner at launchpad.net, and Y is the name of the PPA.

    The PPA's web page is always at 

    https://launchpad.net/~X/+archive/Y

    and the package archive is at

    http://ppa.launchpad.net/X/Y/ubuntu

    For example for 

     ppa:videolan/stable-daily

    the web page is

    https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/stable-daily

    and the package archive is

    http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/stable-daily/ubuntu
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