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So that I just have to maintain one PPA on maybe Launchpad and have all the packages I like.

Update: Nifty workarounds are welcome, too ;)

Update: I'm running a server here at home. So if there is a solution where I can set up my own private repo, that would be totally fine.

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Do you want to compile all your packages and put them in a PPA or just have an easy way to install packages from other PPAs? If it is the latter, why don't you just maintain a list of PPAs in a file, and a list of packages in a file? – Syzygy Jun 20 '11 at 0:16
It is the latter, and I don't do it the way you proposed because I have to maintain it ;) – dAnjou Jun 21 '11 at 7:48

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You could set up an apt proxy daemon on the server, something like apt-cacher-ng or apt-mirror for example (sorry, no more info, haven't tested it, but google seems to have a wealth of information about these packages).

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I think apt-mirror will solve my problem although I'd find it better if launchpad provided such a feature. Congratulations on the bounty, you need it more than Rinzwind and your answer was closer to what I wanted ;) – dAnjou Jun 22 '11 at 23:45
Thanks although I'm not hungry for rep, I just hope my answer helped. :) I wouldn't recommend creating a separate PPA just to "link" (copy) other packages, since it defeats the purpose of a personal package archive (in my opinion). – medigeek Jun 24 '11 at 5:23
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You can add PPA's in a script and excecute the script when you need to re-install these PPA's (for instance because of re-installing your system).

Example...

Execute from command line:

touch install_ppa
chmod 775 install_ppa
gedit install_ppa

and copy/paste your PPAs into the file. Rearrange your code to be efficient. Example:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox faenza-icon-theme equinox-theme
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
nautilus -q

Put the file on a partition you do not format during installing or on a stick and you can execute the file thus adding these PPA's. You can also add downloads with wget in it to install tar files etc etc.

Commands have not been tested

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Thanks for your answer but although I'm a programmer myself I'm also a lazy bum ... I like nicely integrated things. And your solution is more like a workaround but unfortunatly not a nifty one ... no offense, sorry. - I could upload it to Ubuntu One but there is no version control in case I edit the file on various machines. And when I use a VCS I have to do so many things manually. SparkleShare would be a nice tool but it is still in early development. :( – dAnjou Jun 12 '11 at 22:28
who says you need to be a programmer? You find the ppa's you need and add them to a script. That's not programming. That is copy/pasting :=D And I bet you will not get another answer as good as this (yes that's a challenge to all ;) ) – Rinzwind Jun 12 '11 at 22:33
I just wanted to say that I'm fully capable of implementing your solution. But it still lacks automatization (deployment on all of my PCs, execution). I'll fiddle around a bit with SparkleShare. It has now some source package for linux. Maybe it works better now. – dAnjou Jun 12 '11 at 22:43
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these things you left in comments should have been inside your question. – Rinzwind Jun 13 '11 at 8:03

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