freecad version

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:54:56 -0600 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 10/27/20 1:37 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:04:28 -0600 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >> does anyone know what version of freecad "comes with"  Ubuntu 20.04 ?ÂÂ
> >> (I mean the one that gets installed using  apt-get install freecad)
> >>
> >> (I assume there is no option to install the newest version, I believe
> >> 0.19 ?)
> > I'm pretty sure the latest 'official' release of freecad is like 0.18.4.
> > 0.19.* are all "beta" releases, so they probably are NOT going to be picked up
> > by distribution packagers.  If you want a newer version you will have to
> > either build from source yourself or use the self-contained install
> > executables.   Official development of freecad is somewhat "stalled". I think
> > there is some sort of effort to kick start the development process...
> 
> 
> Oh really that stalled?   that'd be a bummer.

Some sort of "change of ownership / change of management" sort of thing. Eg
changes in the control of the source code / sponsorship thing. Maybe
some new people picking things up. *I* don't know the full details, etc.  I 
think there is something on the support forums about what is going on.

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> 
> I'd rather install a binary, if there isn't a repo to install it from.  
> I have compiled my own stuff, heck even in the day where it was the only 
> way to run linux/unix.

There is a single file download-and-run-thing (ready-to-run binary, in one
self-contain image), for 0.19<mumble>. Just download & decompress it, drop it
into /usr/local/bin (or /opt/bin), chmod +x it, and there you are, ready to
go. Needs a recent Linux with a recent GLibc to work, I think x86_64 Linux
with glibc 2.14 or later.

> 
> But still ..  nowadays I rather just do a straight forward install.
> 
>  From what I hear, there is a 0.19 repo
> 
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >>
> >
> 

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