PPA?

[Yorvyk]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:45:03 -0600
Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Colin Law wrote:
> > On 13 January 2011 19:40, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
> >> I am thinking of using qtstalker.  The version in the Lucid repositories
> >> mthat I installed is .32 but the latest stable version is .36.  A PPA has
> >> been setup.  I read through the docs on how to use a PPA, but have one
> >> question.
> >>
> >> If I install .36 from the PPA will it update my installed .32 or will it
> >> install a new copy.
> >
> > It should update your existing one.
> >
> > You might want to know about ppa-purge which is a very useful utility
> > to get rid of a ppa and restore everything back as it was, in case you
> > decide you want to go back.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> 
> Colin,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I use Lucid and I see that ppa-purge is only in 
> the Maverick repositories.  How hard would it be to install it on Lucid 
> if I decided I wanted to use it?  As you can probably tell from my 
> questions I mostly install software from the official repositories.
> 
> Thanks,  Jim
> 
It's available in Lucid if you enable backports.

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