DUH! I should have looked at it and figured it out. Thanks for that buddy. On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Brien Dieterle wrote: > Put the sudo in front of the add add repo command, or see this > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10889072/using-sudo-with-for-loop > On Mar 25, 2016 8:00 PM, "Michael" wrote: > >> not quite: >> >> sudo for rep in ppa:dhor/myway ppa:hugin/hugin-builds >> ppa:mc3man/trusty-media ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 >> ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair; do >> add-apt-repository $rep ; done >> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do' >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Rusty Carruth >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 03/25/2016 01:30 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: >>> >>> for rep in < whatever3> ; do add-apt-repository >>> $rep ; done >>> >>> >>> >>> There. A command that will take a list of repos. And if you did that a >>> lot, make it an alias or a function: >>> >>> >>> >>> function addrepos() { for rep in $* ; do add-apt-repository $rep ; done >>> ; } >>> >>> >>> >>> Put in bashrc or whatever and there you go, a single command. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [ >>> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org >>> ] *On Behalf Of *Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> bummer. thanks for the news! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>> >>> add-apt-repository only takes a single repository at a time. >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> On 03/25/2016 06:10 AM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> does 'add-apt-repository ' work like 'apt-get install >>> ' where you can just list the repositories after one >>> ' add-apt-repository? >>> >>> 'add-apt-repository ' >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: