Packages ! get the current ones???

[Richard]

Derek Broughton wrote:

>Richard wrote:
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>>After downloading and researching many packages, for install,
>>I have come to realize that all the packages  for the most part,
>>the one NOT in the Ubuntu realm are not current.
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>>xmcd (2.6-17) Is one that comes to mind,
>>so, how does one get the current version (3.3.2) (which is not listed)
>>and have the simple install (aka: synaptic installer)?
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>You likely don't.  If it's not packaged as a .deb on their site, you _might_
>be able to get it from Debian's 'sid' repository - but that could cause
>major headaches with your existing Ubuntu  installation.
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>>please I'm not a command line guru.
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>That's really not relevant.  If it _was_ available on a Ubuntu repository,
>I'd _still_ tell you to use:
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># aptitude install xmcd
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>because it's a whole lot simpler than telling you how to do it in Synaptic. 
>Not being a "command line guru" doesn't mean that the command line should
>be intimidating.
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That may be true, however, but have already switch over from Mac & PC, 
"I Dont" want to crash the system,
beyond repair (re-install) Again, I've just started with Linux about a 
week ago.

Second,
does aptitude install fetch the current version,
or the same version listed in synaptic package installer???

Thanks ++ for you reply :-)
Rich

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