How To Add Repositories On Linux

Aug 29, 2012

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Installing software in Linux is different from Windows in that it is done via repositories. It can help to think of package managers as the equivalent of an advanced version of Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel in Windows. This way programs can be virus checked before the user installs them. You can add repositories on Linux, follow the simple steps below.

Command Line

In OpenSuse zypper addrepo, in Mandriva urpmi.addmedia, in Debian or Ubuntu open and edit /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/yum.repos.d/ in Fedora.

Enter the root password to save it.

Distro Command
Debian su nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Ubuntu sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Fedora su nano /etc/yum.repos.d
OpenSuse su zypper addrepo
Mandriva su urpmi.addmedia

Graphical

Adept

Enter the root password.

Click Adept then Manage Repositories/Edit Software Sources.

Synaptic

Enter the root password.

Click Settings then Repositories.

Note

cdrom: enables the CD-ROM as a repository
Consider also AptonCD
Sometimes you can buy the full repositories on CD from the likes of on-disk.

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Raja Rajan

Raja has been obsessed with technology and Cricket for as long as he can remember. Nowadays, he works as a freelance developer and writer for PrimeInspiration.com

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