apt-add-repository on 22.04

[Bret Busby]

On 10/5/22 3:40 am, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 10/5/22 3:31 am, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 10/5/22 3:20 am, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> On 10/5/22 2:00 am, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> Another problem I found it seems that
>>>>
>>>> apt-add-repository
>>>>
>>>> has been depreciated, is there an easy way to keep the various app's 
>>>> that need
>>>> repo's updated, over time I have made a lot of bash files with
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-add-repository "repo"
>>>> sudo apt install -y "app from repo"
>>>> sudo apt-add-repository --remove "repo"
>>>>
>>>> but now non work, I can see it may be a way to force users to use 
>>>> snap, but
>>>> even for those who want that and can live with the extra load time 
>>>> (like for
>>>> FireFox) there are still many apps that are not snaps
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why not simply use a text editor, such as vi, to add the suppository 
>>> to the .etc/apt/sources.list file?
>>>
>>> sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
>>>
>>> Simple.
>>>
>>
>>
>> And, if using vi is too difficult, from memory, echo with redirection 
>> to append, can be used to insert the suppository; for example for 
>> seamonkey,
>>
>> sudo echo "deb 
>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all 
>> main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> (or, something like that)
>>
> 
> Maybe, better;
> 
> sudo echo -e  \n "deb > 
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all 
> main"  \n  >> /etc/apt/sources.list
> 

That should have been

sudo echo -e  \n "deb 
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all 
main"  \n  >> /etc/apt/sources.list

(removed the '>' from between deb and http, it having been left there 
due to incomplete cleaning after copying and pasting from message to 
which reply was being made)

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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