If you ‘ve been jailbroken for any length of time, you ‘ve probably had an occasion where you cannot find an interesting new app in the Cydia store “ and you notice that mentions of the app talk about needing to ‘add a source ‘ in order to be able to see it and install it via Cydia.
Luckily, adding a source in Cydia is a very, very easy thing to do once you know how. To learn how, read on for a very quick and easy guide
How To Add a Source to Cydia “ Steps:
Launch Cydia
On the main screen (shown in the screenshot at the top of this post), click on the Manage tab in the bottom nav bar (indicated by the arrow in the screencap)
On the Manage page, tap on the ‘Sources ‘ item middle of the page
On the Sources page, tap on the ‘Edit ‘ button at the top right
On the Edit page, tap on ‘Add ‘ at the top left
In the dialog box that pops up, type the URL for the new source “ note that you ‘ve already got the http:// element placed in the dialog for you, so you only need to add the remaining portion of the address.
That ‘s it. As I said, a very easy process once you know how “ and a great one to know as it helps you to have access to even more good jailbreak apps.
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