On Jan 1, 2022, at 15:25, Geoffrey Leach <geoff@hughes.net> wrote:
I have a need to run apt-get-repository to get a debugging tool from my
system mfg. It appears that in the Debian environment, this program is
provided with the software-properties-common, which appears not to have
been ported to fedora.

Or perhaps its in another package?

Pointers appreciated.

I think you are thinking of the command “add-apt-repository”.  And no, it isn’t packaged for Fedora.  Looking at the Debian control file [1], it has a lot of dependencies on other Debian core packages that would probably make it a pain to package for Fedora.

1. https://sources.debian.org/src/software-properties/0.96.20.2-2.1/debian/control/

You might be better off using podman and a Debian container.

Jonathan Billings