{"id":337,"date":"2018-10-17T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T09:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/solved-add-apt-repository-command-not-found-on-debian-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T09:32:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T09:32:04","slug":"solved-add-apt-repository-command-not-found-on-debian-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/solved-add-apt-repository-command-not-found-on-debian-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] add-apt-repository Command Not Found on Debian & Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated October 8, 2018 By Abhishek Prakash<\/a> 3 Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n

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This quick tutorial shows you how to quickly fix the \u201cadd-apt-repository command not found\u201d error on Debian, Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the many ways to install software on Ubuntu<\/a> or Debian<\/a> is to use PPA (Personal Package Archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you want to add a new PPA repository, you\u2019ll have to use the add-apt-repository command in the following fashion:<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:some\/ppa<\/p>\n

In Debian, elementary OS and sometimes on Ubuntu, you\u2019ll see the error that add-apt-repository command is missing.<\/p>\n

sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see how to fix this annoying error.<\/p>\n

Fix add-apt-repository: command not found error<\/h2>\n

The error is simple. The package add-apt-repository is not installed on your system.<\/p>\n

But if you try to use sudo apt-get install add-apt-repository, it won\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s because add-apt-repository command is under the package software-properties-common<\/a> and you need to install this package in order to install add-apt-repository.<\/p>\n

So, open a terminal and use this command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common<\/p>\n

The command output will be something like this:<\/p>\n

Reading package lists… Done
\nBuilding dependency tree
\nReading state information… Done
\nThe following NEW packages will be installed:
\n software-properties-common
\n0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
\nNeed to get 9,912 B of archives.
\nAfter this operation, 197 kB of additional disk space will be used.
\nGet:1 http:\/\/us.archive.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu bionic-updates\/main amd64 software-properties-common all 0.96.24.32.5 [9,912 B]
\nFetched 9,912 B in 2s (5,685 B\/s)
\nSelecting previously unselected package software-properties-common.
\n(Reading database … 265950 files and directories currently installed.)
\nPreparing to unpack …\/software-properties-common_0.96.24.32.5_all.deb …
\nUnpacking software-properties-common (0.96.24.32.5) …
\nProcessing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) …
\nProcessing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1) …
\nSetting up software-properties-common (0.96.24.32.5) …<\/p>\n

Once you have installed software-properties-common, you can now comfortably use add-apt-repository or apt-add-repository commands to add PPA.<\/p>\n

Note: If you see an error saying software-properties-common command not found, you should run sudo apt-get update and then try to install it again.<\/p>\n

I hope this quick tip helped you in fixing \u201cadd-apt-repository: command not found\u201d error on Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions.<\/p>\n

If you are still facing issues with PPA, let me know in the comment section. Additional suggestions, questions and a quick word of thanks are always welcome.<\/p>\n


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About Abhishek Prakash<\/h4>\n

I am a professional software developer, and founder of It’s FOSS. I am an avid Linux lover and Open Source enthusiast. I use Ubuntu and believe in sharing knowledge. Apart from Linux, I love classic detective mysteries. I’m a huge fan of Agatha Christie’s work.<\/p>\n

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