So, the best way of upgrading Seamonkey would be (I guess) via Synaptic, except Synaptic doesn't have the most up to date version available. <<apt get install>> followed by the version ? Or not? Thanks.
Bev.
On 26/08/11 20:16, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So, the best way of upgrading Seamonkey would be (I guess) via Synaptic, except Synaptic doesn't have the most up to date version available.<<apt get install>> followed by the version ? Or not? Thanks.
You don't mention which distro you are on.
If it is one of the Ubuntu's then for a given distro release there will be no major version updates (only security updates and bug fixes) so that for a specific version functionality is not changed in terms of user experience outside of the 6 month distro release cycle.
If it is a ubuntu then are you on the current release ?
Now it may be that someone maintains a PPA with a newer version or there is something in backports.
Otherwise if you upgrade outside of the package manager then that is of course possible but bear in mind it will be your responsibility to manage security updates for that package thereon and expect minor brokenness come the next time you do a distro upgrade (usually easily fixed)
On 28 August 2011 10:43, Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk wrote:
On 26/08/11 20:16, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So, the best way of upgrading Seamonkey would be (I guess) via Synaptic, except Synaptic doesn't have the most up to date version available.<<apt get install>> followed by the version ? Or not? Thanks.
If it is a ubuntu then are you on the current release ?
No, I'm not. Still on Hardy.
Now it may be that someone maintains a PPA with a newer version or there is something in backports.
Which I guess also holds risks. Hmm. Seems best to hang on then. Thanks.
Bev.
On 28/08/11 17:52, Bev Nicolson wrote:
No, I'm not. Still on Hardy.
Now it may be that someone maintains a PPA with a newer version or there is something in backports.
Which I guess also holds risks. Hmm. Seems best to hang on then. Thanks.
You are still on Hardy !
I mean nothing wrong with staying on an LTS release but at least be on the most current one. You do know that the 8.04 to 10.04 upgrade is supported in one hop both being LTS releases.
You are still on Hardy !
I mean nothing wrong with staying on an LTS release but at least be on the most current one. You do know that the 8.04 to 10.04 upgrade is supported in one hop both being LTS releases.
I do! Thing is, at some point I need to get another computing device (poss laptop) with significantly more memory than this has so I'd rather wait. Current model only has (and to think I thought this would be enough - oh how naive!) a measly 10GB hard disk and 200 and some odd RAM.
Bev.
On 30 Aug 17:51, Bev Nicolson wrote:
You are still on Hardy !
I mean nothing wrong with staying on an LTS release but at least be on the most current one. You do know that the 8.04 to 10.04 upgrade is supported in one hop both being LTS releases.
I do! Thing is, at some point I need to get another computing device (poss laptop) with significantly more memory than this has so I'd rather wait. Current model only has (and to think I thought this would be enough - oh how naive!) a measly 10GB hard disk and 200 and some odd RAM.
Why wait? If you want/need the newer software, you need to upgrade to a distribution that's < 3 years old... Getting more hardware shouldn't mean that you don't look after the old. Until the old goes in the bin, if it's being used, keeping it up to date is A Good Thing (tm).
Brett.
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