Hi Alex,
> On 29.10.2016, at 23:41, Alex R. Loayza <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd like to install BaseX 8.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). However, in
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/basex I see that the only binary
> available for 16.04 is basex_8.2.3-1_all.deb, which is older.
>
> I see on the same address that for Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety) BaseX 8.5 is
> available from deb file basex_8.5.1-1_all.deb. Is it possible to download
> this deb and install it on Xenial? Any potential issues?
BaseX has very few dependencies [1]. If those are met on your system, there
should be no problems.
> By the way, 16.04 is a LTR. Shouldn't we expect updated packages to become
> available for it as well?
I guess this has to asked on a Ubuntu list. It is part of their strategy and I
do not know much about it.
Kind regards,
Alex
[1] https://packages.debian.org/sid/basex
