Here’s the PPA to get the latest VirtualBox:
Importing the GPG Key:
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Adding the repository:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian\ `lsb_release --short --codename` non-free | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: VirtualBox Downloads
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GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. It is very easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. It
allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. I’ve been using it from the days of my Windows, It is very quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, and is based on
professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and
accurate reports.
Here’s the PPA to get the latest GNUCash:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 2FAD1E8D
Adding the repository:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnucash/ppa/ubuntu\ `lsb_release --short --codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnucash.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: GNUCash Wiki
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VLC Player is a popular media player which requires no introduction. It is absolutely worth of every praise in the reviews all over the web. Here’s the PPA to get the latest VLC:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7613768D
Then run the following code:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu\ `lsb_release --short --codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vlc.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: VideoLAN
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File Browser Applet is an applet for the GNOME Panel. It lets you browse and open files in your computer directly from the panel, without having to open a file manager. It is not intended as replacement to proper file managers like nautilus. Sometimes you just want to open a file and don’t want to have to open a file manager, browse to and open the file, then close the file manager. This Applet just saves you couple of clicks.
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D05E4B27
Run the following lines to add the source:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/file-browser-applet-dev/ppa/ubuntu\ `lsb_release --short --codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/filebrowser.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: File Browser
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The steps for adding the official GNOME Do repositories:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 77558DD0
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 6E80C6B7
Adding to sources list:
echo -e “#GNOME Do Software Repository\ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main\ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main” | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnomedo.list
Update Synaptic.
sudo apt-get update
Repository link from: Do.davebsd.com
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The official google linux repositories contain Google Chrome, Picasa for Linux and Google Desktop Linux applications. The steps for adding the repository:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
Adding to sources list:
echo -e “#Google Software Repository\ndeb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main” | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
Update Synaptic.
apt-get update
Repository link from: Google
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Ubuntu ships Pidgin but does not update it after a release (except for
security issues). For those users– who desire new releases of Pidgin, the official PPA:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \
67265eb522bdd6b1c69e66ed7fb8bee0a1f196a8
Adding to sources list:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu \ `lsb_release –short –codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin-ppa.list
Don’t worry about your version specific PPA, the above code will add your ubuntu distro’s version automatically. Once this PPA is setup, Pidgin updates will show up in Update Manager along with the usual Ubuntu updates.
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Chromium is an open source browser project from Google, and is the base for the Google Chrome browser. Chromium for Linux is not yet a complete version, but the team releases development builds time to time. Here’s the PPA to get those builds:
Edit the sources list:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Replace with jaunty or intrepid in the following lines and add them.
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chromium.list
Save and exit the file. Now to add the GPG Key,
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: UbuntuGeek
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