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Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:27

List of PPAs for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish

This list is a collection of third-party software repositories better known as Personal Package Archives (PPAs) for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish. With these, user can add versions of app and game to their Ubuntu computer system which are not available via official repositories. This article continues our tradition since version Xenial, Zesty, and Focal.

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We recommend below free software, that is, software with libre (unlimited) licenses for the users. Read Free Software Definition to learn more.

Ardour

The advanced and full-featured digital audio workstation (DAW). It could be a good alternative to Adobe Audition or FruityLoops. [website]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/ardour-backports
$ sudo apt update 
$ sudo apt install ardour

Audacious

Audio player which is popular among GNU/Linux users. It is famous for its Winamp skins.
[website][website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
sudo apt update
sudo apt install audacious

Blender

Professional 3D animation maker. This ppa is created by Thomas Schiex. [website]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thomas-schiex/blender
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install blender

Darktable

The free LightTable alternative. It is often being recommended along with another free software mentioned below, Rawtherapee.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/darktable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install darktable

Deluge

A BitTorrent client, program to help download big files (like ISOs, games, movies, digital book collections etc.) shared freely on the internet.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install deluge

Digikam

Digital camera and photo management tool.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/digikam
sudo apt update 
sudo apt install digikam

Emacs

Oldest free software as well as text editor which older than GNU operating system itself.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install emacs27 # choose either this one
sudo apt-get install emacs28 # or this one

Firefox

The web browser from Mozilla. This is the traditional Deb version.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox

FreeCAD

The best computer aided design software for 3D machinery, printings and buildings.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freecad

LibreOffice

Ubuntu office suite. This PPA provides updates not available via official repository.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

GIMP

Photo editor as well as replacement to Adobe Photoshop. This PPA is created by Otto Kesselgulasch. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp

GMIC

The amazing masterpiece image processing tool which works with GIMP and Krita. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gmic

GNS3

Network simulator. It is a competitor to Cisco Packet Tracer.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gns3/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gns3

HandBrake Audio Video Convert

Free software replacement to FormatFactory.
[website]

install sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

Inkscape

Professional vector graphic editor as well as replacement to CorelDRAW. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inkscape

Kdenlive Video Editor

The most popular video editing tool on Ubuntu platform. This is the stable version (recommended). Use either this one or the development one below. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kdenlive

KeePassXC

Password safe everyone should have.
[website]

install sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phoerious/keepassxc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install keepassxc

KiCad

Professional electronic workbench that is complete, powerful yet user friendly. [website] [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad/kicad-5.1-releases
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kicad

Krita

Professional digital painting and animation.
[website][website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kritalime/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install krita

OBS Studio

The most popular live streaming and screen recording software today. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install obs-studio

OpenShot Video Editor

Simple Movie Maker.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openshot

Persepolis Download Manager

Very good download tool to replace IDM on Ubuntu. Not yet available in official repository. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:persepolis/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install persepolis

Pinta Paint Tool

Pinta is a free software alternative to Paint.NET as well as MS Paint digital painting tools.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-daily
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pinta

Rawtherapee

The free LightTable alternative. It is often being recommended along with another free software mentioned above, Darktable.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/graphics
sudo apt update
sudo apt install

Shutter

Good news: Shutter is officially back in 22.04 and thus no need anymore for a PPA.

Scribus

Professional page layout designer to replace PageMaker.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scribus

The best free software complete replacement to WhatsApp. This ppa includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/telegram
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install telegram

Thunderbird

Email client from Mozilla, the Firefox's sibling.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install thunderbird

VLC

The most popular video player everyone knows.
[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

Virtual Machine Manager

Virt-Manager is the graphical virtual machine tool from Red Hat powered by QEMU. [website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/virtualisation
sudo apt update
sudo apt install virt-manager

Wine

To run Microsoft Windows applications on Ubuntu by right click.
[website]

$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 
$ wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main' 
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Wireshark

Network security assesment tool.

[website]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wireshark-dev/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install wireshark

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