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Install PPASEARCH Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

PPASEARCH is a tool that searches, downloads and adds a PPA to your system using a Terminal window.




To install PPASEARCH open a Terminal window (Applications -> Accessories-> Terminal) and copy+paste the following lines:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wrinkliez/ppasearch
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ppasearch

Example: Installing GIMP

To search a for the GIMP ppa type: ppasearch gimp in the Terminal window then select the ppa you want to install. When the ppa is installed type: sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install gimp to install GIMP

Note: i allready have GIMP installed that’s why PPASEARCH asked me if i wanted to upgrade.

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