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Why to use ppa?

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Why everyone recommends using ppa?

For example...

Why not just:

sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

and why: Something like this...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xyz/grub-customizer

sudo apt-get update sudo

apt-get install grub-customizer

EDIT:Ok then how to remove ppa thats added before? is there any remove-like command?

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answered 2 Years ago rmodmi · Accepted Answer

There are various reason why to use a ppa. Sometimes they offer newer version of packages than there are in the normal repositories. But mostly you will use a ppa for packages that aren't in the normal repositories at all. E.g. I can't find the grub-customizer in the normal repositories. I guess thats why someone recommended that ppa to you. Important is that you have to do the add-apt-repository only once. After that the packages from that ppa are available and updated the same way as the other ones.

EDIT

If you add a ppa a file is added to the folder /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. If you want to remove a ppa just delete that file (with sudo rm) and run sudo apt-get update. The packages you have installed using this ppa are not removed if you remove a ppa.