Could Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) users install some packages in higher Ubuntu versions ?

[Tsang Kim Wai]

Hi,

     I am a newbie in Ubuntu who uses the 8.04 (Hardy) version. I find that
my firefox is of version 3.0.17 and I want to install a newer version of it.
I think that Ubuntu 9.10 may have packaged firefox with a newer version.

     If I want to stay in Hardy, could I use "apt-get" to just install some
packages in the Ubuntu 9.10 repository ? Is there anything that I could edit
in the "/etc/apt/source.list" file so as to just fetch and install some
packages in Ubuntu 9.10 ? Or are there other ways that I could install newer
version of some of my installed packages ?

     The following is the listing of my "/etc/apt/sources.list" file :

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe restricted
multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main universe restricted
multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe main
multiverse restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe main
multiverse restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe main multiverse
restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe main
multiverse restricted

     Any suggestion.

Regards
Lawrence
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