KDE 4.7 has been released just few days ago with many new features, updates, and applications. Read announcements
Kubuntu Backports ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports has added KDE 4.7 for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty release.
Hello,
Apologies if this is in the wrong section. Regarding the Kubuntu updates ppa (ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa) and the backports ppa (ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports), what exactly are the differences between the two?
If I am going to enable the backports repo, is it also necessary to install the updates repo?
I am mostly using Debian Testing and had never tried using Stable + Backports.
Was reading about Backports and wondering how to know if, the packages we wanted to install is in Backports or not.
For example, after adding backports to source.list, if I wanted to install smplayer, will the results of apt-cache or aptitude search tell me that new packages from backport is available, instead of inst
Hi, Im zeroblock join #! like year ago,Today I want to download #! iso to install on my work PC and I saw their have two versions of iso installer.what is different between backports and non-backports?I have notice backports is using kernel 3.2, is that the only different?Sorry my bad English :(.
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit), then updated to 12.10 (64bit) over the web. I then added the kubuntu backports so that I could install KDE (kubuntu-desktop). Did an update of the repository. Then tried to install kubuntu-desktop. It is complaining that xorg won't be updated, and thus I can't install kubuntu-desktop.
The latest set of KDE releases has been announced on Jan 25. It includes major updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications, and the Development Platform. Version 4.8 provides many new features, as well as improved stability and performance. Read the announcement.
KUbuntu 11.10 user can easily upgrade to KDE 4.8 via ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports.
In Debian Squeeze I have installed a packageX from debian-backports.
Q1: When I apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude full-upgrade, what release is checked for updates for packageX? debian-backports or debian-stable?
Q2: Can I use a command to update a single package from a specific release? For example is aptitude -t full-upgrade packageX a valid command?
There is only one version of the libreoffice package in Debian Squeeze Backports:
apt-cache madison libreoffice
libreoffice | 1:3.5.4-7~bpo60+1 | http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports/main amd64 Packages
But I need to install the previous one (1:3.4.6-2~bpo60+2)
Is there a way to install it using packages (I don't want to install libreoffice manually as it has a lot de
I have referred to this so many times now that I decided to dedicate a thread to it.Follow these instructions to upgrade:(1) edit /etc/apt/sources.list uncomment the backports repository by removing the leading '#'(2) edit /etc/apt/preferences See this link http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/142270/#p142270(3) update your index of packagessudo apt-get
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