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I know how to add a PPA to Ubuntu. But I don't know what this ppa:x/y PPA format means!

For instance :

# (VLC PPA)

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:videolan/stable-daily

What is videolan and what is stable-daily ?

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answered 7 Months ago erranbe · Accepted Answer

This is the format:

ppa:user/ppa-name

In your case:

ppa:videolan/stable-daily

videolan is the user name. You can open http://launchpad.net/~videolan to see its page

This user has two package archives:

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