Y PPA Manager 0.9.9 Released With Support For Linux Mint 15 And Ubuntu 13.10 [Quick Update]

<div style="text-align: justify;">Quick update: today I've released <b>Y PPA Manager 0.9.9 with support for Linux Mint 15 Olivia as well as the latest Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander</b> (currently under development).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UtRNngrNYE4/Ua4zUmcllRI/AAAAAAAAPZw/gnedlpFHBHA/s1600/y-ppa-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UtRNngrNYE4/Ua4zUmcllRI/AAAAAAAAPZw/gnedlpFHBHA/s320/y-ppa-manager.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Y PPA Manager, this is a tool that lets you <b>easily add, remove or purge PPAs</b> as well as <b>search for packages in Launchpad PPAs</b>, a feature that should be very useful when you can't find a PPA for your favourite app on WebUpd8 or other similar websites. <b>Other features include:</b></div><a name='more'></a><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>list the packages available in a PPA added on your system;</li><li>download packages from PPAs without adding them;</li><li>PPAs backup / restore, along with all the PPA keys;</li><li>update single repositories using a command line tool (by the way, when you add a PPA using Y PPA Manager, it's updated without updating all the software sources) called "update-ppa" - usage example: "sudo update-ppa ppa:webupd8team/java";</li><li>some options that should help you re-enable the working PPAs when upgrading to a newer Ubuntu / Linux Mint version;</li><li>remove duplicate PPAs;</li><li>Unity quicklists / optional AppIndicator; </li><li>more.</li></ul><br />A complete list of features can be found on <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux Mint 15 and Ubuntu 13.10 (useful even if you don't use Saucy: you can search Launchpad for a certain package to see if it's available in a PPA for Saucy) support are the only changes in this release. Because <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/linux-mint-15-olivia-available-for.html">Linux Mint 15</a> ships with a custom "add-apt-repository" command, it took a bit more to get Y PPA Manager to work with it, but all should be working now. Even though Linux Mint 15 ships with a new Software Sources app which lets you easily add PPAs and so on, you should still find Y PPA Manager useful for its PPA search feature, among others.</div><br /><b>You can submit feature requests or report bugs @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager/+filebug">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu or Linux Mint</h2><br /><b>To add the Y PPA Manager PPA and install the application in Ubuntu or Linux Mint, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre>

Y PPA Manager 0.9.9 Released With Support For Linux Mint 15 And Ubuntu 13.10 [Quick Update]

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How To List Packages From A PPA / Repository In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;">A few weeks ago, we saw how to find out <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-find-out-to-which-ppa-repository.html">to which PPA / repository a package belongs to</a> in Ubuntu / Debian. But how about getting a list of packages available in a PPA / repository?</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h3>Synaptic</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To get a list of packages available in a PPA / repository enabled on your system (if the repository is disabled or not added on your system, it won't show up here), firstly install Synaptic if you haven't already:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install synaptic</code></pre><br />(or install <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-synaptic-with-gtk3.html">Synaptic GTK3</a>)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then <b>open Synaptic, select "Origin" on the bottom left, then select a PPA or repository on the left and it should list all packages in that PPA / repository for your Ubuntu version, both installed and not installed:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-origin.png" rel="image_group" title="List packages in repositories with Synaptic"><img alt="Synaptic origin" src="http://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-origin_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest Synaptic built with GTK3, there are two entries for each PPA here, one that uses "/now" at the end, which displays the packages you've installed from a repository and another one which displays all the packages available in that repository.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> if the exact same package (including the package version) exists in two or more PPAs / repositories, it will only be listed for one repository entry in Synaptic. That's why I've added other ways of doing this (see below), which list all the packages, even if the package exists in other PPAs / repositories.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Command line</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can also do this using a command like the one below, but this will only list the package names, without any additional info (no version, description, etc.):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*<b>PPA-FIRST-PART</b>*<b>PPA-SECOND-PART</b>*Packages</code></pre><br />where "PPA-FIRST-PART" is the first part of a PPA, e.g. for the ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 PPA, "PPA-FIRST-PART" is "nilarimogard" and "PPA-SECOND-PART" is "webupd8".<br /><br />Let's try it out:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*nilarimogard*webupd8*Packages</code></pre><br />And here's the terminal output:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/list-packages-terminal.png" rel="image_group" title="Get a list of packages in a repository from the command line"><img alt="list packages ppa terminal" src="http://img.netupd8.com/list-packages-terminal_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(I've tweaked the original command - see the credits -, to remove duplicate lines which would occur on 64bit systems with multi-arch support).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This works for regular repositories too, e.g. to see all the packages available in the proposed repository:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*proposed*Packages</code></pre><br />Or, to see the packages available in the security multiverse repository:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*security*multiverse*Packages</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><h3>Using Y PPA Manager</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/y-ppa-manager-0092-released-with-new.html">Y PPA Manager</a>, a small application I've created, can list all the packages available in each PPA added on your system. It doesn't work with regular repositories (just Launchpad PPAs) though and the PPA needs to be enabled on your system for this to work. So it's not perfect. </div><br />But there are advantages over Synaptic / the command above:<br /><ul><li>unlike Synaptic, it lists all the packages in a PPA, even if the exact same package (exact version) is available in multiple PPAs;</li><li>unlike the command above, Y PPA Manager displays the package version next to the package name.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/y-ppa-manager-list-packages.png" rel="image_group" title="List all the packages in a PPA using Y PPA Manager"><img alt="List packages PPA Y PPA Manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/y-ppa-manager-list-packages_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />To lists all the packages in a PPA, install Y PPA Manager:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then launch Y PPA Manager, double click "Manage PPAs", select the PPA and click "List packages". </b></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some info via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/43581/how-to-list-packages-from-a-ppa-source-in-command-line">AskUbuntu</a> & <a href="http://usemoslinux.blogspot.com/2012/11/como-listar-los-paquetes-dentro-de-un.html">UsemosLinux</a></i></div>

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2 Released With New Features

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-URhUzstkOws/UHWtTt2qzrI/AAAAAAAAKo8/PT_CjWldgSk/s1600/y-ppa-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y-ppa-manager" border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-URhUzstkOws/UHWtTt2qzrI/AAAAAAAAKo8/PT_CjWldgSk/s320/y-ppa-manager.png" title="y-ppa-manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Y PPA Manager, like the name says, is a tool to manage PPAs: add, remove, purge PPAs, search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, list packages in a PPA and lots more, all from a single user interface. For a complete feature list, see the Y PPA Manager <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad page</a>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Today I'm releasing Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2, which comes with new features and many under the hood changes:</b></div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Transient notifications for GNOME Shell</li><li>Initial support for Launchpad PPAs (only Launchpad!) added to /etc/apt/sources.list instead of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ (experimental). Note: the duplicate PPAs removal, "Re-enable working PPAs after Ubuntu upgrade" and "Update release name in working PPAs" features don't yet support this.</li><li>Some features like Remove PPA, Purge PPA or List Packages in PPAs have been merged into a single "Manage PPAs" dialog. Also, in this dialog, the PPA name is now displayed (e.g.: ppa:webupd8team/gthumb) instead of the PPA .list file name</li><li>Manage PPAs: new option to view/edit the .list source file</li><li>Manage PPAs: new option to update a single PPA. This was already implemented in Y PPA Manager and was used when adding a PPA, but there wasn't a GUI implementation to manually update single PPAs.</li><li>Many "update-ppa" improvements (this is the command line tool used to update single PPAs; use "update-ppa --help for more info), including a fix for Linux Mint or support for more repository formats, e.g. "update-ppa http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main".</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, Policykit (pkexec) is now used instead of gksu / kdesu for Ubuntu versions newer than 11.04. This brings consistency between desktop environments and for example, you get a native password dialog in GNOME Shell. With this change, you only have to enter the root password when you start Y PPA Manager and you won't be prompted each time you want to perform an action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A complete list of changes can be found at <a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager/+announcement/10715">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5EBYp-VTOE/UHWta1NviQI/AAAAAAAAKpE/y9FnOKaRIg0/s1600/y-ppa-manager2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y ppa manager" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5EBYp-VTOE/UHWta1NviQI/AAAAAAAAKpE/y9FnOKaRIg0/s450/y-ppa-manager2.png" title="y ppa manager" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have to thank <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114564489020097923600/posts">Satya</a> for his help with this release: he's the one who has implemented "update-ppa" to update single PPAs and he's also implemented most of the gksu to pkexec transition, along with bug fixes, testing and more.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu / Linux Mint users can install Y PPA Manager using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Because of the many changes in this release, you may find more bugs than usual - remember to report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>!</div>

Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.2 Released With New Features

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s1600/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" border="0" height="256" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk_0fneoEz0/UCKhMYr_m7I/AAAAAAAAJf0/Vc15kTjt2SU/s320/y-ppa-manager-0.0.9.0.png" title="y ppa manager 0.0.9.0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Y PPA Manager</a>, a tool to easily search for packages in Launchpad PPAs and perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more, has been updated to version 0.0.9.0 today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 brings an option to install a package from the PPA search results dialog (which adds the PPA too if it's not added already), an improved duplicate source removal feature and more.</b></div><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Changes in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">new "Install packages" item in the main UI that lets you quickly install packages (if you already know the package names). Separate multiple packages with a space.<b> This python script was contributed by Lorenzo from <a href="http://atareao.es/">atareao.es</a> (thank you!)</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">when you search for packages in Launchpad PPAs, you can select to install some packages directly from the search results dialog (from the search results dialog, select a PPA and click "List packages", then select some package(s) and click "Install") - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and then the selected package(s) will be installed using the new "Install packages" python script mentioned above, that comes with a GUI, so the user can see if any errors occur. This makes it easier and a lot faster to find the package you're looking for, add the PPA and install the package (for an even faster experience, the PPA source is updated using "update-ppa", a feature added in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/y-ppa-manager-0087-released.html">Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7</a>)</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a new "PPA status" column in the basic search and advanced search results dialog that lets you know if the PPA is already added on your system or not. Feature inspired by <a href="https://launchpad.net/ppasc">PPASC</a></li><li style="text-align: justify;">Search results dialog: when searching for a package (in deep search only), Y PPA Manager displays its version if it's installed, or it lets you know that the package is not installed.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">"Remove duplicate PPA sources": display which PPA sources are duplicates and also, display which PPA sources are about to be removed</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Other minor changes and fixes, like for instance setting a proper name for the indicator when using HUD</li></ul><br /><b>Here's a short video demoing the changes / new features in Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xtgJMkzTn38" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtgJMkzTn38">direct video link</a>)</center><br />To add a PPA and install a package available in that PPA, search for the package:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s1600/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Neh1yrmM3_c/UCKgFpQr7-I/AAAAAAAAJfU/SsvLCAcQleg/s320/y-ppa-manager-ppastatus.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "PPA Status" column tells if you the PPA is already added on your system or not; If the package is installed, its version is displayed on top of the "deep" search window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then click "List packages", select the package (or multiple packages - hold down the CTRL key to select multiple packages) you want to install and click the "Install" button:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fulj4QtPrJY/UCKgLrmKCHI/AAAAAAAAJfc/Q4dAyoBaGv0/s320/y-ppa-manager-install.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Y PPA Manager will then ask for your confirmation - if the PPA isn't already added on your system, it will be added and the installation will begin:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjzH4pjdezk/UCKgSmw9ASI/AAAAAAAAJfk/yrjyKtcBuuM/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s1600/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gNHO7XWtsnM/UCKgTZMn0jI/AAAAAAAAJfo/5Vk_aqcwWGk/s320/y-ppa-manager-install_4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Y PPA Manager supports Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 as well as Linux Mint. To add the PPA and install it, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.

Y PPA Manager 0.0.9.0 Released With New Package Installation Feature, More

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Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7 Released

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htHJqEIjWDc/T_RvJ3pHeII/AAAAAAAAJPI/s7G8sVfGdg0/s1600/y-ppa-manager.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htHJqEIjWDc/T_RvJ3pHeII/AAAAAAAAJPI/s7G8sVfGdg0/s320/y-ppa-manager.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Y PPA Manager</a> is a tool for easily searching for packages in Ubuntu PPAs as well as perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup PPAs and more. The application integrates with Unity by using quicklists and an optional appindicator.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I'm releasing Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7 which brings some bug fixes as well as a new feature: update-ppa, which can be used to update a single PPA source and not all software sources, useful for those with limited internet connectivity. It's like running "apt-get update", but for a single PPA, not all. </div><br />Here's an example - using update-ppa to update the main WebUpd8 PPA:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo update-ppa ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8</code></pre>This feature was added by WebUpd8 reader Satya (thank you!).<br /><br />Complete <b>changelog for the latest Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7:</b><br /><ul><li>added "update-ppa" which can update a single PPA source and not all software sources, useful for those with limited internet connectivity. Usage example: sudo update-ppa ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager (thanks Satya)</li><li>when adding a PPA, the new "update-ppa" is used automatically so only that PPA source is updated, not all software sources</li><li>added man pages (thanks Satya)</li><li>automatically support newer Ubuntu versions (so this means the new version works on Ubuntu Quantal now)</li><li>fixed a bug that was occuring on Linux Mint 13, causing the default version to be set as blank</li><li>Scan for duplicate sources files now displays the number of duplicates found</li><li>the PPA backup feature now backs up / restores repositories keys too (launchpad-getkeys was and is still used to automatically fetch missing keys)</li><li>other minor fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Y PPA Manager in Ubuntu (supported versions: from Lucid to Quantal) or Linux Mint, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br />If you find bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/y-ppa-manager">Launchpad</a>.

Y PPA Manager 0.0.8.7 Released

Y PPA Manager is a tool for easily searching for packages in Ubuntu PPAs as well as perform various PPA actions: add, remove, purge, backup...

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