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+ | Steps after having already created Launchpad account: | ||
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+ | username@servername:~$ eval $(gpg-agent --daemon) | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ echo DEBSIGN_KEYID=<key id> > ~/.devscripts | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ export DEBFULLNAME="<Given-name Surname>" | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ export DEBEMAIL="username@example.com" | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ export UBUMAIL="username@example.com" | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ backportpackage -u ppa:ppaname/packagename packagename | ||
+ | username@servername:~$ | ||
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+ | Restoring older or main repository package in the event of broken package in PPA: | ||
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+ | http://askubuntu.com/questions/231074/getting-older-packages-from-ppa |
Latest revision as of 15:46, 29 January 2015
WARNING: This article is in a user sandbox, indicating it is a rough draft, and as such, is likely incomplete, contains buggy and insecure configurations, and is subject to substantial and frequent changes.
http://opensourcehacker.com/2013/03/20/how-to-backport-packages-on-ubuntu-linux/
Steps after having already created Launchpad account:
username@servername:~$ eval $(gpg-agent --daemon) username@servername:~$ echo DEBSIGN_KEYID=<key id> > ~/.devscripts username@servername:~$ export DEBFULLNAME="<Given-name Surname>" username@servername:~$ export DEBEMAIL="username@example.com" username@servername:~$ export UBUMAIL="username@example.com" username@servername:~$ backportpackage -u ppa:ppaname/packagename packagename username@servername:~$
Restoring older or main repository package in the event of broken package in PPA:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/231074/getting-older-packages-from-ppa