Why installation over PPA is not popular anymore? [closed]
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In 2017 I noticed that among all of my software installations, PPAs were not offered at all. Every installation instruction for Ubuntu now lists shell commands: echoing a string into apt list files, then w-getting a key, and sudo-apt-key-adding it (sudo apt-key add).
In 2015, or back in 2012 for sure, PPAs were abundant. What has changed since then?
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In 2017 I noticed that among all of my software installations, PPAs were not offered at all. Every installation instruction for Ubuntu now lists shell commands: echoing a string into apt list files, then w-getting a key, and sudo-apt-key-adding it (sudo apt-key add).
In 2015, or back in 2012 for sure, PPAs were abundant. What has changed since then?
apt ppa
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Terrance, wjandrea, waltinator, N0rbert, pomsky Jan 31 at 22:37
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PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
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You still can useadd-apt-repository ppa:...for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.
– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07
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In 2017 I noticed that among all of my software installations, PPAs were not offered at all. Every installation instruction for Ubuntu now lists shell commands: echoing a string into apt list files, then w-getting a key, and sudo-apt-key-adding it (sudo apt-key add).
In 2015, or back in 2012 for sure, PPAs were abundant. What has changed since then?
apt ppa
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
In 2017 I noticed that among all of my software installations, PPAs were not offered at all. Every installation instruction for Ubuntu now lists shell commands: echoing a string into apt list files, then w-getting a key, and sudo-apt-key-adding it (sudo apt-key add).
In 2015, or back in 2012 for sure, PPAs were abundant. What has changed since then?
apt ppa
apt ppa
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
asked Jan 31 at 20:16
culebrón
3501213
3501213
closed as unclear what you're asking by Terrance, wjandrea, waltinator, N0rbert, pomsky Jan 31 at 22:37
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as unclear what you're asking by Terrance, wjandrea, waltinator, N0rbert, pomsky Jan 31 at 22:37
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
1
You still can useadd-apt-repository ppa:...for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.
– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07
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PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
1
You still can useadd-apt-repository ppa:...for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.
– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07
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PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
1
1
You still can use
add-apt-repository ppa:... for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07
You still can use
add-apt-repository ppa:... for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07
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PPAs still seem abundant to me...as do Snaps.
– user535733
Jan 31 at 20:50
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You still can use
add-apt-repository ppa:...for installing LibreOffice or GIMP or so on. Snaps are not so convenient as APT does.– N0rbert
Jan 31 at 22:07