add-apt-repository is a command line utility for adding PPA (Personal Package Archive) in Ubuntu and Debian Systems. Install the following package based on your operating system to have the add-apt-repository command.
Debian / Ubuntu LTS:
If you are using Debian / Ubuntu LTS such as 18.04, 16.04, and 14.04 systems then install software-properties-common package to get add-apt-repository command.
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
Output:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 python3-software-properties unattended-upgrades Suggested packages: needrestart The following NEW packages will be installed: gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 python3-software-properties software-properties-common unattended-upgrades 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 229 kB of archives. After this operation, 967 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 amd64 1.1.5-2 [34.6 kB] Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 python3-software-properties all 0.96.20.2-1 [49.5 kB] Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 software-properties-common all 0.96.20.2-1 [83.6 kB] Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 0.93.1+nmu1 [61.7 kB] Fetched 229 kB in 0s (232 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0. (Reading database ... 124215 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0_1.1.5-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (1.1.5-2) ... Selecting previously unselected package python3-software-properties. Preparing to unpack .../python3-software-properties_0.96.20.2-1_all.deb ... Unpacking python3-software-properties (0.96.20.2-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package software-properties-common. Preparing to unpack .../software-properties-common_0.96.20.2-1_all.deb ... Unpacking software-properties-common (0.96.20.2-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package unattended-upgrades. Preparing to unpack .../unattended-upgrades_0.93.1+nmu1_all.deb ... Unpacking unattended-upgrades (0.93.1+nmu1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (232-25) ... Setting up unattended-upgrades (0.93.1+nmu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 (1.1.5-2) ... Setting up python3-software-properties (0.96.20.2-1) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.18-1) ... Setting up software-properties-common (0.96.20.2-1) ...
Ubuntu 13.10 and Older:
If you are using Ubuntu v13.10 or older, the add-apt-repository command is available on python-software-properties package. So, Install python-software-properties package using the apt-get command.
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties
Once you have installed the required package then you can add PPA using the add-apt-repository command.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:some/ppa
That’s All.
