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[wayne <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu is supposed to be community driven and user friendly but one of the most regularly needed things I cannot do easily.  To add a PPA you have to mess around with 25 different steps.  
3)What I expect is a one click 'add PPA to Ubuntu' from any website.  Since this is possible with a copy-to-clipboard coding in a website like www.bit.ly, it should be possible to visit any website with a PPA and simply click a button that says 'Add PPA' or "+PPA" and then it automatically ends up as a source and able to be installed shortly after that.
4)What happened: I had to do a crazy number of advanced steps!

Thanks for fixing this bug asap!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt13
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-43-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jul 27 06:18:24 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-06 (50 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

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Title:
  cannot add PPA easily

Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu is supposed to be community driven and user friendly but one of the most regularly needed things I cannot do easily.  To add a PPA you have to mess around with 25 different steps.  
  3)What I expect is a one click 'add PPA to Ubuntu' from any website.  Since this is possible with a copy-to-clipboard coding in a website like www.bit.ly, it should be possible to visit any website with a PPA and simply click a button that says 'Add PPA' or "+PPA" and then it automatically ends up as a source and able to be installed shortly after that.
  4)What happened: I had to do a crazy number of advanced steps!

  Thanks for fixing this bug asap!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-43.58~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt13
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-43-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Jul 27 06:18:24 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-06 (50 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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