What is of interest to opportunistic developers is that a registered Launchpad
users can create a personal package archive (PPA). This is a much simpler
way to make programs available. Anyone with a PPA can upload source code
to be built in to packages. Those packages will then be made available in an
apt repository that can be added to any Ubuntu user’s list of source
repositories and downloaded or removed using any of the standard package
management tools in Ubuntu, such as apt, Ubuntu Software Center, and
Synaptic. Instructions are included on the web page for each Launchpad PPA,
describing how to add that repository, which makes this an easy way to share
software that may be added and removed by even nontechnical end users.
Figure 41.2 shows the PPA for the stable version of Google Chromium.
FIGURE 41.2 A Launchpad PPA for the stable version of Google Chromium.
Ubuntu Make
Ubuntu Make is a command-line tool that sets up your system for
development use quickly and easily. It allows you to download the latest
version of popular developer tools and their dependencies, enable multi-arch,
and more. Install ubuntu-make to get started. Then run commands like this
to install tools:
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matthew@seymour:~$ umake android
After you enter this, you are prompted to accept the install path and Google
license, and then Ubuntu Make downloads and installs Android Studio and