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Asked: 2017-04-17 06:22:37 +0800 CST

How can I add a PPA on Ubuntu using the python apt API?

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Using the Python apt API on python 2.7? I have not been able to find out how to do it.

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  1. Best Answer

    You'll have to use Python 3, which shouldn't be a problem since current Ubuntu releases (aside from soon-to-be-EOL 12.04) all have Python 3 installed by default and are moving to using only Python3 by default. Use the aptsources.sourceslist.SourcesList object:

    #! /usr/bin/python3

import aptsources.sourceslist as sl

sources = sl.SourcesList()
sources.add('deb', 'mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt', 'xenial', ['main'])
sources.save()
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