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

[Donatas]

Just in terminal type: sudo apt-cache search firefox

It will display all the packages with word firefox


Donatas

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Lawrence Tsang <tkwinfo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Donatas and All,
>
>      Thanks for your suggestion.
>
>      But how could I know the package name for my firefox 3.0.17 software ?
> Any Ubuntu application or command that I could use ?
>
> Regards
> Lawrence
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Donatas <fetdonatas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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