{"id":2991,"date":"2014-02-11T04:19:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T04:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?page_id=2991"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:16:15","slug":"ubuntu-ppas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/ubuntu-ppas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu PPAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ubuntuhandbook.org maintains some PPAs (Personal Package Archive) on <a title=\"Ubuntu Handbook on Launchpad.net\" href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launchpad.net<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>So far, following apps are in active maintenance in my PPAs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/annotator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annotator<\/a> &#8211; Elementary OS image annotation tool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacious<\/a> &#8211; music player with GTK, Qt, and classic Winamp interface.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Converseen<\/a> &#8211; a batch image conversion application.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/audacity4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a> &#8211; popular audio editing software.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/conkymanager2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conky Manager<\/a> &#8211; GUI for managing Conky widgets.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/darktable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darktable<\/a> &#8211; popular photography and raw developer software.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ffmpeg9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FFmpeg 9.x<\/a> &#8211; the popular multimedia library.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gimp-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GIMP<\/a> &#8211; the popular GTK image editor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gnucash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GnuCash <\/a> &#8211; a personal and small-business finance manager.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gthumb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gThumb<\/a> &#8211; GNOME image organizer and viewer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/handbrake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handbrake<\/a> &#8211; GTK video transcoder.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/howdy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Howdy<\/a> &#8211; Windows Hello style facial login.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/keepass2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KeePass2<\/a> &#8211; password manager runs in Linux through mono.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/krita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krita 6.x<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/krita-qt5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krita 5.x<\/a> &#8211; same version of Krita digital painting software but built aganst different Qt (qt5\/qt6).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/mpv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MPV<\/a> media player.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/nvidia-vaapi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NVIDIA VA-API driver<\/a> &#8211; VA-API implementation for NVIDIA GPU.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/open-fprintd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open-fprintd<\/a> &#8211; fingerprint driver for 06cb:009a, 138a:0090, 138a:0097, 138a:009d.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/rawtherapee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RawTherapee<\/a> &#8211; raw photo processing software.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/shotwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shotwell<\/a> &#8211; GNOME image organizer and viewer.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/scribus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribus<\/a> &#8211; desktop publishing application.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/transmission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transmission<\/a> &#8211; GTK BitTorrent client.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/vlc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VLC<\/a> &#8211; the popular cross-platform media player.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: I&#8217;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.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: Annotator &#8211; Elementary OS image annotation tool. 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