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

Tue Jan 26 20:32:41 UTC 2010

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:51:11AM +0200, Donatas 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

Would apt-get install work for packages requiring newer libraries? If
the newer libraries were installed could that break other apps that use
older libs?

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Bob Holtzman
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