Error sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

Question

I’m running Ubuntu 14.04. When I run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

I get the following error:

sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

I tried to run

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

but it shows:

software-properties-common is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

score 441 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 10 '19 at 21:59

441

For Ubuntu 14.04 or later you need to install the software-properties-common package:

sudo apt install software-properties-common

edited Jan 10 '19 at 21:59

Kulfy

answered Jun 22 '15 at 08:38

Daniel

score 47 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 10 '19 at 22:00

47

If you are using an older release of Ubuntu, i.e. before 12.10, it is necessary to install the package python-software-properties.

sudo apt install python-software-properties

edited Jan 10 '19 at 22:00

Kulfy

answered Mar 06 '15 at 12:25

Rohith Madhavan

Mostafa Wael · Answer 3 · 2022-02-06T12:27:04.180

1

Run sudo apt-get update

Then sudo apt install software-properties-common -y

Now, you can use sudo add-apt-repository

edited Feb 06 '22 at 12:27

answered Feb 06 '22 at 11:58

Mostafa Wael

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