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

[Lawrence Tsang]

Hi Donatas and Johnneylee,

     Glad to have all your suggestions for a Ubuntu newbie.

Regards
Lawrence

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Johnneylee Rollins <
johnneylee.rollins at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 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
> >
> auto-complete is your best friend here. Alternatively, you can use
> sudo apt-cache search PACKAGENAME
> or if you are tied down by a GUI, use synaptic or your ubuntu distro's
> package manager ui.
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