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Why does add-apt-repository fail to add source repositories?

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add-apt-repository throws an error if I try to add a source repository:

This works:

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://dl.ajaxplorer.info/repos/apt squeeze main'

This fails with an error:

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb-src http://dl.ajaxplorer.info/repos/apt squeeze main'

Error: 'deb-src http://dl.ajaxplorer.info/repos/apt squeeze main' invalid

Leaving off the quotes doesn't help:

sudo add-apt-repository deb-src http://dl.ajaxplorer.info/repos/apt squeeze main

Error: need a repository as argument

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answered 2 Years ago eryeath · Accepted Answer

The man page for apt-add-repository says (emphasis added):

REPOSITORY can be either a line that can be added directly to sources.list(5), or ...

In the first form, REPOSITORY will just be appended to /etc/apt/sources.list.

Now, while deb-src is a legal type for sources.list and you may wish to file a bug, it appears that this will do the job just as well, since GPG keys are only downloaded for PPAs:

sudo sh -c "echo deb-src http://dl.ajaxplorer.info/repos/apt squeeze main  >> /etc/apt/sources.list"