[Ubuntu]--add-apt-repository/How to add a PPA on a server?

NAME

add-apt-repository  -  Adds a repository into the /etc/apt/sources.list
or /etc/apt/sources.list.d or removes an existing one

SYNOPSIS

add-apt-repository [OPTIONS] REPOSITORY

DESCRIPTION

add-apt-repository is a script which adds an external APT repository to

either /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ or

removes an already existing repository.

The options supported by add-apt-repository are:

-h, --help Show help message and exit

-m, --massive-debug Print a lot of debug  information  to  the  command
line

-r, --remove Remove the specified repository

-y, --yes Assume yes to all queries

-k, --keyserver Use a custom keyserver URL instead of the default

-s,  --enable-source  Allow downloading of the source packages from the
repository

REPOSITORY STRING

REPOSITORY can  be  either  a  line  that  can  be  added  directly  to
sources.list(5),  in the form ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> for adding Personal
Package Archives, or a distribution component to enable.

In  the   first   form,   REPOSITORY   will   just   be   appended   to
/etc/apt/sources.list.

In  the second form, ppa:<user>/<ppa-name> will be expanded to the full
deb  line  of  the  PPA  and   added   into   a   new   file   in   the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/  directory.   The  GPG public key of the newly
added PPA will also be downloaded and added to apt's keyring.

In the third form, the given distribution component will be enabled for
all sources.

SEE ALSO

sources.list(5)

COPYRIGHT

This manual page was written by Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@gmail.com> for
the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to
copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU
General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the
Free Software Foundation.

On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses.

Reference

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/man1/add-apt-repository.1.html