dCore Ubuntu ppa queries...

[nitram]

Does the new DEBINX quick update check also flag potential Ubuntu ppa updates? If not how does one update a ppa? I do not use Ubuntu, would be great if a dCore Ubuntu user could review and/or submit --help usage for any specific commands. The only one i'm aware of is ppa-add. Thanks.

[Jason W]

The quick update does check PPA repos.  The ppa-add command simply creates an entry in /opt/debextra with the same familiar syntax as the Ubuntu ppa-add tool.  And entries in /opt/debextra are part of the quick check.

[nitram]

Thanks for confirming, /opt/debextra is new to me. Will explore Extra Repositories child board and get something into FAQ. Which dCore commands are Ubuntu specific, or is it just ppa-add?

[Jason W]

Just ppa-add.

[nitram]

Simple enough, i will submit --help usage for ppa-add, thanks.

[sm8ps]

You may want to compare the section about ppa-add in the wiki if you have not already:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:handling_extensions#additional_repositories

[nitram]

The  ppa-add ppa:midori/ppa  example was utilized from the wiki. This --help was already submitted to Jason. Hopefully adequate, if not let me know and i will amend.

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tc@box:~/HELP$ ./ppa-add --help

ppa-add - add a PPA (Personal Package Archive) entry in /opt/debextra,
          for use with Ubuntu based dCore ports.

Ubuntu warning: PPAs do not undergo the same validation process as packages in
the main Ubuntu repositories. PPA keys are cryptographically signed but are
still a lower security alternative to the main repository. The user will
be installing software at their own risk.

Usage:

'ppa-add PPA_NAME'  create a PPA entry in /opt/debextra, use exact PPA_NAME
                    provided by the PPA, eg. ppa-add ppa:midori/ppa, re-run
                    command for each PPA added, manually remove PPA entry
                    from /opt/debextra as desired, use sce-import to
                    install the actual extension and create an SCE,
                    for more information on available PPA archives
                    see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas.

The dCore FAQ were also updated with your wiki link, thanks sm8ps:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:faq#can_i_add_a_ppa