On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Sven Hoexter <s...@timegate.de> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:34:09AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:22 AM, E. Kaplan <ehud.kap...@mssm.edu> wrote: >> > Then how do I upgrade 1.6.0 to 1.6.1 on kubuntu 64? >> >> Well - it is not only 94 bit - >> It is also Hardy (8.04) for which only 1.6.0 rc3 is available (And I >> would prefer not to compile from source). >> >> Is there a chance to build the binaries for all the most recent Ubuntu >> releases and possibly even create a repository for those which could >> be added in apt? That would really be brilliant and make it much >> easier for "normal" users to use the newest versions of LyX. > > AFAIK Ubuntu provides a backport repository for some of the older > releases. That would be the place where you should ask about adding > the recent LyX releases.
That is true - but only packages which are in the newer versions of Ubuntu will be backported - i.e. if intrepid has only Lyx 1.5, 1.6 will not be available. Backports provide some new versions, but only those included in newer versions of Ubuntu. > > Beside that there shouldn't be any technical problems with recompiling > the source package on older Ubuntu releases. Technically true - but it is always a hassle to compile from source (I have done it - but it takes at least some expertise). I just realised that the binary for hardy is available again from box.net. Thanks > > Maybe one should note that the latest math manual requires a TeX styles > that is not part of Debian and so I would guess it's also not part > of Ubuntu. That's not a major showstopper for most people but might be > against some kind of backporting policy. What about adding that one in a second package lyx-data, as several other packages are doing? > > Sven > -- > If God passed a mic to me to speak > I'd say stay in bed, world > Sleep in peace > [The Cardigans - 03:45: No sleep] > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Faculty of Science Natural Sciences Building Private Bag X1 University of Stellenbosch Matieland 7602 South Africa
