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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.









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    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.









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      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.









      share|improve this 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.






      apt software-installation ppa






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



          sudo apt install software-properties-common


          I found the solution in this blog:
          Ubuntu Server 14.4 (Trusty Tahr) – add-apt-repository: command not found






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            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





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



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



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                I found the solution in this blog:
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                  For Ubuntu 14.04 or later you need to install the software-properties-common package:



                  sudo apt install software-properties-common


                  I found the solution in this blog:
                  Ubuntu Server 14.4 (Trusty Tahr) – add-apt-repository: command not found






                  share|improve this answer















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



                  sudo apt install software-properties-common


                  I found the solution in this blog:
                  Ubuntu Server 14.4 (Trusty Tahr) – add-apt-repository: command not found







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                      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





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                        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





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                          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





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                          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






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