[Digikam-users] Re: Updating on Ubuntu

[Photonoxx]

I didn't know that Alien could convert tar in deb file, but, personally, I  
upgrade Digikam to 1.6.0 version using a PPA.

https://launchpad.net/~philip5/+archive/extra

I'd try some others way, but this one seems to be the more easy and  
efficient.


Le Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:26:41 +0100, davidvj <davidvincentjones at gmail.com>  
a écrit:

>
> I have the latest DK version that is available from the Ubuntu  
> repository ..
> that is Ver 1.4.0 and I am running Ubuntu 10.10
>
> I have been trying to update to the current 1.6.0 and have downloaded the
> 1.6.0.tar file that I then converted into a deb file using alien. This  
> all
> appears to have gone correctly.
>
> When I try to install the deb file I get blocked from the Software Center
> with a message "A later version is already installed".
>
> Could I ask somebody that has already upgraded to Ver 1.6.0 on Ubuntu  
> 10.10
> to provide some guidance in this matter. Help would be most appreciated.
>
> David


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