Objective
The objective is to show how to list and remove PPA repository on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudocommand - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Other Versions of this Tutorial
For more details about focal fossa, see our installation guide.
Instructions
List/Remove PPA using command line
List PPA Repositories
Let’s start by listing all available repositories on the Ubuntu 18.04 system with apt policy command:
$ apt policy
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-java,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Oracle Java (JDK) 8 / 9 Installer PPA,c=main,b=i386
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=LP-PPA-webupd8team-java,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Oracle Java (JDK) 8 / 9 Installer PPA,c=main,b=amd64
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=LP-PPA-videolan-master-daily,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=VLC Daily Build of master branch,c=main,b=i386
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=LP-PPA-videolan-master-daily,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=VLC Daily Build of master branch,c=main,b=amd64
origin ppa.launchpad.net
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=i386
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=i386
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=i386
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=i386
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
release v=18.04,o=Ubuntu,a=bionic,n=bionic,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64
origin au.archive.ubuntu.com
Remove PPA with add-apt-repository
The recommended way to remove PPA on Ubuntu 18.04 is by use of add-apt-repository command. Here is a simple add-apt-repository command syntax:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:PPA_REPOSITORY_NAME/PPA
Using the above add-apt-repository command syntax and the repository list, the following example will remove videolan PPA:
$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:videolan/master-daily
List/Remove PPA using GUI
If you have Graphical User Interface (GUI) available on your Ubuntu 18.04 system you can list and remove PPA using Software & Updates application. Start Software & Updates application, navigate to Other Software tab and Remove any highlighted PPA repositories:
