Useful PPAs For Ubuntu
This article will discuss just a few useful PPAs for Ubuntu but always remember:
PPAs are provided by the community, you should be aware of the possible risks before just adding a PPA so only
use reliable sites!!!
PPA stands for "Personal Package Archives"
All installed from a Terminal Window
For Gimp (2.8.16 newest 12-01-2015)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
To Install Cinnamon (3.0x newest) on Ubuntu 16.04
Note: In mint you can use this on the LXDE and XFCE but not the Cinnamon version!
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cinnamon blueberry
Once installed, log out and select log back with Cinnamon session
(Optional) To remove Cinnamon, run commands:
sudo apt-get remove cinnamon && sudo apt-get autoremove
WebUpd8 Java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Afterwards, some Java configuration
sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle
Now that everything has been configured and installed, the Oracle software license
echo "oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true" | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections
Finally, set the Java environment variables
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
If you wish to uninstall Oracle Java 8, enter this command into the terminal
sudo apt-get remove oracle-java8-installer
Freshplayer Flash Plugin
You might or might not be aware that Adobe is no longer developing Flash for Linux. Google Chrome comes with its own version of flash player, so that is not a concern. However, for Firefox users, the only way to get the most current version of flash player is by using Chrome’s Pepper Flash plugin. For the longest time, this has been a source of frustration. A lot of people have been worried about being left behind on an old version of flash. No longer is this a problem. A developer has created a plugin wrapper for Firefox (it will not work with other browsers).
Before Freshplayer can be installed, Pepper Flash needs to be. Open a terminal window and enter the following commands.
sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
Once installed, configure it
sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install
Now that Pepper Flash is installed, it’s time to install the Freshplayer wrapper
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
After adding the PPA, update your software sources and install the Freshplayer plugin
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install freshplayerplugin
Great PPA List from Ubuntu (3rd Party's)
PPA List of 3rd Paryt's and Other useful PPAs for Ubuntu
VirtualBox PPA
Combine downloading and registering:
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Next:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0
sudo apt-get install dkms
What to do when experiencing The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG ... when refreshing the packages from the repository?
sudo -s -H
apt-get clean
rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/*
apt-get clean # apt-get update
Now to finish you need to download the VBoxGuestAdditions - (Video Drivers) and Extension Pack
List of useful ppas/sources and relevant packages
Removing Obsolete PPA repositories in Ubuntu
First open your Synaptic Package Manager, click on Setting then click on Repositories.
Now in the left hand side click on PPAs and remove the obsolete entries but be careful you don't delete ones you still need. Close that windows then click on Reload or Refresh button to update the cache!
A good article on removing obsolete PPA repositories can also be found here.
Hope this article on useful PPAs for Ubuntu helps you get more productive in Linux. Remember that PPA's are not tested and scanned by your distros for any malicious code. Although this usefull PPAs for Ubuntu are from very well none sources and should not cause a problem.
Also you should always backup your system incase something goes terribly wrong. (Which Never Happens!)