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Describe Lubuntu/Testing/PPA_Testing here.

= PPA Testing =
Sometimes during the test cycle one of the developers may ask you to test something specific for them. This is often phrased as ''install '''application''' from '''ppa-xyz''' '' As the developers spend most of time talking in a language that I understand as well as I do [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon#Language | Klingon]] I did ask for an explanation that humans could understand. In the below example, I will use the application '''lxinput''' from the ppa '''lubuntu-dev/staging'''. These two pieces of information will be give to you. After installing an application from a test pps area, it is wise to remove that ppa from your system else you will pull in any work in progress that the developer or team are doing.

{{{
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/staging
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lxinput
sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:lubuntu-dev/staging
sudo apt-get update
}}}

 1. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/staging ''add the ppa called lubuntu-dev/staging to your system index''
 2. sudo apt-get update ''tell your system it is there to be used''
 3. sudo apt-get install lxinput ''install the application''
 4. sudo apt-add-repository -r ppa:lubuntu-dev/staging ''remove the ppa from your system index''
 5. sudo apt-get update ''tell your system not to use it anymore''

Now, if the new '''lxinput''' broke your system, then you need to get rid of it and re-install the current version

{{{
sudo apt-get remove lxinput
sudo apt-get install lxinput
}}}

 1. sudo apt-get remove lxinput ''remove the new version''
 2. sudo apt-get install lxinput ''remove the new version we got from the ppa, and now that ppa is no longer in use, the install will 'grab' the one from the normal area.''