freecad version

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 27 October 2020 15:54:56 R C 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 ? (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.
>
>
> 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.
>
> But still ..  nowadays I rather just do a straight forward install.
>
>  From what I hear, there is a 0.19 repo

Yes, and 19 has been converted to an AppImage, probably updated weekly.  
That is where the development is going. AppImage's run anyplace but are 
big and bulky because they are self-contained, which isolates them from 
99% of the os churn. Its been dead stable here thru 3 updates since I 
discovered the AppImage. Its making my life easier.
>
> thanks.
>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron


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