Update package without updating the OS

[NoOp]

On 06/07/2012 01:49 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> I'm talking about realpath in coreutils. Not a package called realpath.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/realpath-invocation.html

And which version of coreutils do you suppose provides realpath?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/i386/coreutils/filelist
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/i386/coreutils/filelist

I fail to see realpath in either of those. Nor am I able to issue the
command on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine with the latest version of coreutils
for that release. I only see 'realpath' in:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i386/realpath/filelist
thru quantal.

So let's try this (you can use google or some other search engine as well):

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+%2B+realpath
and
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/coreutils (quantal is the next
realease of Ubuntu, but you can check the others (precise, oneiric, etc)
simply by clicking on them). Now let's have a look and the lower right
of that page:

Similar packages:

    manpages-cs
    bsdmainutils
    mktemp
    realpath <=== this is what you are looking for.
    plotutils
    binutils-doc
    gnuradio-utils
    mailutils-mh
    gzip
    inotail
    binutils-h8300-hms

And the manpage:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man3/realpath.3.html

$ apt-cache search realpath
realpath - Return the canonicalized absolute pathname

$ apt-cache policy realpath
realpath:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.15build1
  Version table:
     1.15build1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

(pretty much the same on 12.04)

So, unless I'm completely missing the boat, 'realpath' is not provided
in Ubuntu's coreutils.

Note: and please bottom post on this list. You've been on this list long
enough to know better.

> 
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM, NoOp <.> wrote:
>> On 06/07/2012 01:23 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> coreutils doesn't have realpath on ubuntu 11.04. Without updating the
>>> OS to the lastest version or compiling coreutils from the latest
>>> release, it is there a simpler way to update coreutils? Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=names&keywords=realpath
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