Problem: apt-get-repository Command is Missing
I was trying to install the latest version of git from the Ubuntu Git Maintainers Team and I needed to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) to the Software Sources. But when I tried to do this, I got an error:
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
Solution: Install the software-properties-common Package
To get the add-apt-repository command, install the software-properties-common package. For my Ubuntu version (precise), I also had to install the python-software-properties package:
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
Then then you add the PPA, update your sources, and upgrade your the package. In may case, I wanted to upgrade git, so I did the following:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install git
And boom — I was all set.
(See the related article about upgrading to the latest version of git: Upgrading Ubuntu to Use the Latest Git Version
