Create a Launchpad Account

Launchpad was described in Chapter 37, “Opportunistic Development.” If you have already signed up for an account, you can skip this step. If not, open https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/NewAccount and sign up. You can develop for yourself without a Launchpad account, as in Chapter 37, “Opportunistic Development,” but to develop for Ubuntu, you must have an account.

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