how to install a package from fiesty fawn in Edgy

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

H.S. wrote:

> Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:

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> Correction: I did not have backports active in the sources.list file.

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Oh my... sometimes I can be such a dim bulb. I have to apologize for
sending you on a wild goose chase. My fault for not reading an *entire*
half a screen full of information. :(

Audacity 1.3.2 is in a backports repository, but not an *Ubuntu*
backports repository. It's in Morgoth's. This page will provide all the
information you need to get what you want.

http://morgoth.free.fr/ubports/

> I must have commented it out some days back. I reincluded backports
> and updated the system. Audacity remained at the same version, there
> is no 1.3.2 beta available in edgy backports, or so it seems.
> 
> How do you know audacity 1.3.2 beta should be in backports? Or, how
> do I find what version of a package is in a particular repo in
> general?

I think the most thorough information you can get about a package for
cheap is to run... 

 sudo apt-cache showpkg <package-name>

If you're insure of the package name...

 sudo apt-cache search <keyword>

works as expected, and "keyword" can be a partial package name.

Of course it's always a good thing to 'apt-get update' before any of the
above. And be sure to read the whole screen. <grin>

Sorry again for the inattention on my part.

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