ubuntuhandbook.org maintains some PPAs (Personal Package Archive) on launchpad.net to make Ubuntu users easy to install some applications which are either not yet available in the Ubuntu repositories or the Ubuntu repositories only provide an old version.
So far, following apps are in active maintenance in my PPAs:
1. Audacity Audio Editor: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/audacity
2. Audacious music player: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/apps
3. Avidemux video editor: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/avidemux
4. Darktable RAW developer: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/darktable
5. GIMP Image Editor 2.10: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/gimp.
6. GIMP Image Editor 3.0 (Dev): https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/gimp-3.
7. HandBrake Video Transcoder: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/handbrake
8. Hugin – Panorama photo stitcher: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/hugin
9. MPV media player: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/mpv
10. Transmission torrent client: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/transmission
11. VLC media player: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/vlc
And more by going to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1.
NOTE: I’m NOT using all the apps, though I maintain them. If you found missing features, outdated packages, or want to request an app package, feel free leaving comment below.
I just found your site and thank you for it. I had the nvidia issue . Regarding ppa, and apps that are not kept updated, I am a blender user and when sombody tries to install blender it gets a ‘very’ old version currently. We are at the Blender v2.72-3 and lots of improvements have been made in the recent monthes. So if you could create a ppa with an up to date Blender that would be nice.
Thank you again for your work
yves
@yves, due to the bad internet connection and Great Firewall of China. It takes me too much time to upload a 50MB source archive (i.e., Blender) to PPA server. I’ll do it once I get a better VPN solution. Finally thanks for your comment.
You can also use the latest builds on this address :
https://builder.blender.org/download/
You can upload it well in China, it depends heavily of the hours for the speed of uploading, with the PPA of thomas-schiex it goes at a normal speed.
Ji m, your English is more than competent, a joy to the ear. If I ever become half as proficient in Mandarin I will feel I’ve accomplished much.
Thank you for your service to the Linux world. It is encouraging to see this kind of support for all those who are newly trying to cut the ties to Windows XP etc.
Windows must fall!
Hi Jim. I really appreciate your dedication towards helping Linux newbies like me. Pls which VPN are you using for your Ubuntu in china? Is there any good free VPN for Ubuntu ? I am using Ubuntu 14.04
For what is worth, after all these months, I just found https://launchpad.net/~thomas-schiex/+archive/ubuntu/blender
Ji m, you are now making PPA, this meaning that your knowledge is better, good
Long-time Scribus user since just after the internal format no-going-back revision, I know workarounds for many of the small bugs. Glad to see the team has not thrown up their hands in despair over this project that obviously suffers from too many cooks.
Last week I installed Lubuntu 14.4.2 and the Scribus 1.4.5 PPA. It crashes immediately (signal #11)) on the graphics file of my patent application, but not on a text-only file. It’s a repeatable hardfail, so pretty easy to debug. However, I’m not willing to send the drawings file to help in the debugging — it is the guts of a breakthrough invention in automation technology. The electronic circuits include Bezier curves and many grouped objects.
I have a tedious workaround. Text files I can convert to LibreOffice Writer in a few hours. Since the US Patent &TM Office requires PDF, I’ll depend on LibreOffice to export PDF of the non-graphics files. Luckily I have a PDF of the drawings. That may even serve for the final draft of the application.
please make a .deb file of systemback app so that it will easy to install on ubuntu system
systemback has an official PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~nemh/+archive/ubuntu/systemback
maybe try some digitalocean goodness
HI all
Complete noob here anyone willing to explain how to use these PPA’s? Do I need to use terminal and if so what do I need to do?
Go to a PPA page (click the link in my previous comment) in your web browser, there’s “Read about installing” link in PPA pge that tells how to use PPA. After added a PPA, use Synaptic Package Manager, or run apt-get command to install software:
Hello Ji M
I would like to know what is your blog or website so I can track your posts about Linux.
Thank you for your attention.
Edson Santos
Any idea when the PPA will be updated for Audacity 2.2.1 ? There were some bug fixes and some significant changes as I understand it. No pressure. Just curious. Thanks for all you do.
Sorry for the delay. I was checking new audacity releases from its github releases page, though it by default hides release tags newer than Audacity 2.1.3.
hi,
I’m on KDE NEON using cantanta-qt PPA
with new QT 5.10, cantata crashes
upstream bug or does it need a rebuild?
thanks
Hi,
I was trying to add PPA for MakeMKV but encounter this error when trying to add PPA to Ubuntu 18.04.
E: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/heyarje/makemkv-beta/ubuntu bionic Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
I like an use PPA’s. My only problem is I am getting so many PPA’s updating is starting to take a long time! Love the site, it has been lots of help to me.
Thank u so much for this website!
Keep up the good work!!!!
How about a new ppa for Qt5 based Yarock?
Parabéns Ji m, seu conhecimento sobre linux é fantástico, obrigado por compartilhar!!
Hello,
mupdf has grown to 1.17. Would you consider updating it at your PPA?
Hi,
thank yo for the possibility to install Hugin in Version 2019 on Linux Mint 19.3!!! But is it possible to get the updated version 2019.2 from end of the last year over your PPAs? That would be really great, because it is difficult to find this bugfixed version in other PPA for LM 19.3. Thanks a lot :-)
Uli
Wow, that was fast :-) Thank you for the Update for Hugin to version 2019.2!!!
And it seems faster than the version before. It seems, i don’t know if it is ;-) But it works great. One little failure is only in the version-dialog under “help”. There comes a dialog in background a file “Copy” is missing. I think it’s not important because it is only a text file. This only for your information :-)
Uli
:) The package is backported from Ubuntu 20.04. Don’t know why, but “COPYING.txt” was removed by upstream so the issue happens in Ubuntu 20.04 with stock Hugin too.
Hi Jim,
there is a great little tool with name “photini”, can you please make possible a version for linux mint ulyana 20.04?
You can find the sources here:
https://github.com/jim-easterbrook/Photini/releases
That would be great :-)
Uli
VokoscreenNG 3.0.7 is released
https://github.com/vkohaupt/vokoscreenNG/issues/111
Thanks for your great work.
Volker
I too would like to see Photini available, as well as pyRenamer. I recently upgraded from Bionic, and was surprised at how many apps that I use are no longer supported.
could you make ppa for ASTROLOG and open astro?
add Tilix latest version for Ubuntu 20.04
https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix/
Ubuntu 20.04 includes the latest 1.9.3 in its main repositories.
add GNOME Feeds PPA https://gabmus.gitlab.io/gnome-feeds/
i like the classic way with apt ;)
MPC-QT ;)
https://github.com/cmdrkotori/mpc-qt-origin
Hi, is it possible to get the last stable version of PITIVI 2020.09 as a working version for Mint 20 over your PPA?
Ah, i don want to forget to say thanks for hugin2020 and have a good new year 2021! :-)
Tried in Ubuntu 20.04. It seems that Pitivi 2020.09 requires gstreamer1.0 plugins >= 1.18.0 which can be a large list of dependency library updates. So the flatpak package would be better:
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.pitivi.Pitivi
Hi Ji m
thanks for your info. I downloaded and tried to start your Version from “test” but it didn’t start. I think you are right but i dont want to install flatpacks or app images ;-) In contrast to the paketsystem they are some bits to big and heavy. OK, i will give kdenlive a try :-) Thank you for yor support :-)
Hi Ji m
here is an interessting new project for you ;-) Can you make it possible to avoid any appimage or flathub, what ever? Seems easy and great for fast work with pictures and raws, specialy when it gets its noise reduction in future versions. You could keep an eye on it :-)
https://filmulator.org/
The project pushes new software releases very often. I don’t think I have so much time maintaining it unless using auto-build :\
Hi Ji m,
can you please update your Converseen (in your apps-ppa) Files to the newest version from 2021?
:-)
Perfect, Thanks :-)
Hi, Any chance please of Audacity 3 for Ubuntu 20.04. Thank you
Audacity requires patched version of wxwidget 3.1.3 to be built “correctly”. :( Ubuntu however ships with v3.0.x …
Many thanks for prompt reply
Hi Ji m,
do you know “ART” (Another RAWTherapee)?
https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/art/wiki/Home
There is a known PPA, but with an realy old version. Is it possible for you to get the actuall version 1.83 to work under Mint 20.04.1? That would be great :-)))
Uli
Hallo Jim,
Hugin 2021 is out, can you get it for your PPA?
Thanks an have a good new year :-)
I’ll update the PPA package in next hours. Happy new year!
Hi jim,
can you please update Converseen to the latest Version? There are many bugfixes since an i hope some problems were fixed :-)
Thanx a lot
Updated for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 18.04.
Hi Ji m!
I see a lot of links to your reposit.
Can you please restore your ppa for the old versions of hugin. May be for ubuntu16.04 or 18.04 or earlier?
Undoubtedly the best video editor is Kdenlive (free). It is the only one worth spending time learning about (there are many videos online).
Shotcut is not bad but… Kdenlive has been going strong with the improvements for a while now.
Before the best was Olive but they gave it a twist that made it horrible and unstable.
You need to update or delete the page:
How to Install Canon Printer Driver, ScanGear MP in Ubuntu 20.04
Last updated: May 6, 2020
The PPA associated with that page no longer exists.
On Ubuntu 18.04 with ubuntuhandbook1/apps PPA, audacious 4.3.1 cannot be installed:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
audacious : Depends: audacious-plugins (>= 4.3.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libaudcore5 (= 4.3.1-0build1~ubuntu1804) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Thank you for your comment. I’ll try to fix the issue soon.
And, if possible please upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04. Ubuntu 18.04 will reach end of life in May 30.
UPDATE: Fixed by rebuilding the package for 18.04. Try command below to install/upgrade it:
Thanks for the fix!
Hi Ji m,
Darktable 4.4.2 is out now. Can you please make it accesable in your PPA?
Thank you very much!!!
https://www.darktable.org/2023/07/darktable-4.4.2-released/
Greets Doro
It’s already made into PPA for Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04
Sorry, i had better looked after the PPA before ;-)
Thank you!!!
Hi Ji m,
GIMP 2.10.36 is out now, is it possible to to have it in your PPA? (I’m on Ubuntu-MATE 20.04)
Thank you so very much for all you do, please have a fantastic day.
Thanks for reminding of the new GIMP release. To work on it hours later. 😄
Sorry Ji m 😄😄
Hi Ji m,
Me again, sorry.
I saw that you did update for Ubuntu 22.04 and later, but not for Ubuntu 20.04.
Will you update the PPA for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or not?
Thank you for reading
Thank you so very much Ji m for the Ubuntu 20.04
Please have an absolute fantastic day
Thank you Ji m for your work on PPA’s and this site. I was wondering if you thought
it practical for someone with modest experience to compile the amdgpu with opencl
support for Ubuntu 23.10. I have a newer amd cpu and it the asus motherboard seem
to really love the new kernel 6.5.0-13. But AMD hasn’t released 23.10 support yet, just
came out with 23.04 (Ubuntu v. not AMD driver). My video seems fine but I can’t run opencl for BOINC on my amd 6800XT for gpu / opencl without the AMD build it seems.
Maybe there are still some proprietary code blobs needed that AMD still holds close. ??
Sorry, I don’t have any AMD device so far, and know very little about amdgpu.
But if you meant you want Kernel 6.5.0 or any latest kernel, then Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the best choice (via Zabbly repository). Try to find out if the manufacturer support Ubuntu 22.04. Or, ask if it’s OK to manually install Ubuntu 23.10 without guarantee loss.
Jim, good work so far, but the current GImp releases don’t start on my Linux Mint 21.2 OS.
I don’t want to be ungrateful, but when Gimp loads it on the taskbar, it just goes away.
I had to use Flathub.
Thank you for your work in providing updated software in PPA and would very much like to use Gimp on them again.
The 2.10.36 PPA package works good in my case in Ubuntu 22.04 (Mint 21 based on 22.04), so it could be something went wrong for you only.
Try starting it from command line by running
gimpin terminal. And, copy’n’paste the terminal output, so we can help.gimp: error while loading shared libraries: libmypaint-1.5.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
OK, I just installed libpaint, and it’s going smoothly now.
Sorry for the bother.
Thank you for the advice.
Hi Jim,
Darktable 4.6 is released :-)
https://www.darktable.org/news/
Mary Xmas and have a good time :-)
Working on the PPA package for it. Thanks for your comment and Marry Xmas!
It works great on my 21.2 Mint. Great work, Thank you very much!!!
And yes, this time with the second r :-)
Merry Xmas :-)
Hi Jim,
Darktable 4.8 is released :-)
Can you make it accesable in your PPA please? That would bei realy great!!!
Than you!
Working on it now. Thanks for you comment.
Works!!! What i see till now. Thank you for fast response :-)
Any updates for Conkey Manager 2 on Ubuntu 24.10?
It’s there now! Keep in mind that Ubuntu 24.10 is still in development stage. The package may or may not work due to system library changes.
Hi Jim, Darktable 5 is released :-)
Can you make it accesable in your PPA please? That would be realy great!!!
Thank you very much!
GN
I’ll do the update soon today! Thanks for your comment.
This page (ubuntu-ppas) is empty. Showing only: “php the_content();” Please fix.
Updated. The website theme is old and some functions are broken. Sadly, I’m NOT good at PHP programming and don’t know how to change theme without affect SEO.
And, thank you very much for letting me know the issue!
Hey,
Thanks for the gimp3 ppa for Ubuntu Noble. Would you please upload a package for the gimp3 help manual if possible?
The Ubuntu PPA for GIMP requires LibJXL >=0.7
Ubuntu 25.04 has LibJXL 0.11, however, GIMP is marked as conflicting due to dependencies not met.
Would love it to work on 25.04! Mostly because the GIMP on your PPA is much more up to date than Ubuntu’s (3.0.0 vs. the just-released 3.0.4)
As it installed in my case in 2504 in virtual machine, could you please paste the terminal output when trying to install the package?