Can we use new gtk+ libraries over old distro?

[Alex Jones]

Karoliina Salminen wrote:

>Hil,
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>On 12/5/06, Joel Bryan Juliano <joelbryan.juliano at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>As a Dapper user, Is it possible to install the newest gtk+ libraries
>>that is available on Edgy and Feisty, most notably Cairo, and Pango.
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>Why don't you dist-upgrade to Edgy? Why would you want to use older
>version than Edgy (current stable version)?
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He might want Long-Term Support? :)

>I assume you know how to
>do it, but in the case you don't here is what you can do:
>Backup your stuff for surviving the worst case scenario that the system breaks.
>Start terminal.
>sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>Change all words "dapper" to "edgy"
>save and exit the editor
>sudo apt-get update
>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades

Using update-manager is preferred and recommended, as it's less likely 
to break.

>Best Wishes,
>Karoliina
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>P.S. I am running always up to date Feisty and using it as my primary
>work machine ;)
>But I do that because I can fix it most of the time if it breaks. I
>would officially recommend using Edgy now.
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