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

[Donatas]

You can update all of your sources, and do just the package upgrade, not the
distro upgrade. In this way you will stay with Hardy and will use new
software. To upgrade specified package use *apt-get install -u package_name*

regards,
Donatas


On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Tsang Kim Wai <tkwinfo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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