The problem is the leading slash in the PPA name and there are surprising number occurrences of this at errors.ubuntu.com.
https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/bin/add-apt- repository%3AIndexError%3A/usr/bin/add-apt- repository%40119%3Ashortcut_handler%3Ashortcut_handler%3A__init__%3Amangle_ppa_shortcut The instructions for adding a PPA on Launchpad don't display a leading slash but it still seems worth fixing. ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1426933 Title: add-apt-repository crashed with IndexError in mangle_ppa_shortcut(): string index out of range To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1426933/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
