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

[Karl F. Larsen]

Tsang Kim Wai 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
> 
> 
	I am using the late version Firefox in Karmic 9.10 and there 
is no reason I can see to get it for your 8.05 system. I have 
8.05 too, I mainly use 9.04 like now, but Firefox works fine 
in ALL versions and no better in Karmic.

73 Karl


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