That's right, Web Upd8 gets its PPA. But don't get too excited about this, there won't be anything big in it, just small packages which don't have a PPA and I can easily pack. This means that in some of the new posts on Web Upd8, when no .deb file is available, I will try to package it and upload it to the PPA to make things easier for our readers.
I'm not an expert (in fact I'm still a noob at this) packaging so I might not be able to upload everything I want, but it's a nice start anyway.
I'm not an expert (in fact I'm still a noob at this) packaging so I might not be able to upload everything I want, but it's a nice start anyway.
A friendly note: I advise you not to add the PPA, but instead just download the .deb packages you need, as I might upload some more experimental packages there (currently there are 2 experimental packages: VLC 1.1.0 git and Terminator 0.90 alpha 1).
For now, these packages are available in the Web Upd8 PPA (like I said, just a few at the moment):
- VLC 1.1.0 (latest git code for today - the version states the tomorrow date but that's a small bug in the version, don't worry about it) - VLC 1.1.0 from git has quite a few bugs and in fact it took me a few days to get it to build on the PPA so I advise you not to use it unless you desperate want to try the latest git VLC.
- x264 - the latest x264 from 24 January - required by VLC.
- libtheora - I packaged version 1.1.1 because the version in Ubuntu Karmic is too old and I needed it for something.
- newsbeuter 2.2.1 - command line feed reader which we covered a few days ago.
- switcher - it's the combined desktop and app switcher gnome panel applet which we've also covered not so long ago.
- terminator - Terminator 0.90 alpha 1 (bzr code as of 22 January).
Like I said: nothing big (well, except VLC), but the PPA was basically created to help Web Upd8 users in the future. Hopefully, I will be able to keep it up to date.
You can find the PPA here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8 (packages available for Karmic an Lucid, although some packages are already available in the Lucid repositories so that's why they are missing from the PPA).
For now, these packages are available in the Web Upd8 PPA (like I said, just a few at the moment):
- VLC 1.1.0 (latest git code for today - the version states the tomorrow date but that's a small bug in the version, don't worry about it) - VLC 1.1.0 from git has quite a few bugs and in fact it took me a few days to get it to build on the PPA so I advise you not to use it unless you desperate want to try the latest git VLC.
- x264 - the latest x264 from 24 January - required by VLC.
- libtheora - I packaged version 1.1.1 because the version in Ubuntu Karmic is too old and I needed it for something.
- newsbeuter 2.2.1 - command line feed reader which we covered a few days ago.
- switcher - it's the combined desktop and app switcher gnome panel applet which we've also covered not so long ago.
- terminator - Terminator 0.90 alpha 1 (bzr code as of 22 January).
Like I said: nothing big (well, except VLC), but the PPA was basically created to help Web Upd8 users in the future. Hopefully, I will be able to keep it up to date.
You can find the PPA here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/webupd8 (packages available for Karmic an Lucid, although some packages are already available in the Lucid repositories so that's why they are missing from the PPA).
