How to install ppa packages in an apt-get style
I want to install ppa packages in a sudo apt-get install <program> style. I don't want to google for the ppa name and I don't want to execute add-apt-repository before executing apt-get. I just want to install a ppa package with one command like ppa install vim to get the newest vim ppa version.
Can you recommend me a tool?
Using add-apt-repository (or adding the deb lines to /etc/apt/sources.list manually, which is more-or-less the same thing) is the apt-get way. Apt needs to know what packages are available for installation, and for that to work it has to have a list of installable repositories. It's simply not feasible to search Launchpad for all PPAs for the most recent version, nor is that safe — I could create vim 99999999-9999 which hoses your entire system (debs install as root). Installing software from third party repositories is something you should be forced to think about.
These are three simple commands, provided that you know what the PPA is:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/george-edisonsudo apt-get update && upgrade-
sudo apt-get install stackapplet(name of application that you want to install)