PPASEARCH- A tool that search and add PPA repository in ubuntu via command line

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PPASEARCH is a nice tool that search launchpad PPAs  via command line and add them to Ubuntu repositories, it is available  for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.

The use of PPAsearch is easy,  just open terminal and type ppasearch <application name> .

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Open terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wrinkliez/ppasearch

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get  install ppasearch

Using PPASEARCH:

For example i want to search for deluge ppa, open terminal and type:

ppasearch deluge

You will got a list of PPAs that contain the package deluge, choose one by typing the number and confirm. 

Note : Always try to add the official repository, like in the screenshot above i chosed to add the official ppa for deluge team.

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