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tonyx3 · 05-24-2010, 10:48 PM

Yeah, this has always confused me a bit.

I'm not 100% clear on how it all works, but it seems that even though the official repositories for Ubuntu can't keep up, couldn't the latest version just be set up in its own PPA, so a user could just add it as a custom software source and then the update manager would find the latest packages, or at least use aptitude to install it?

I know you can get things like the daily build of Firefox or Chromium that way.

Or is there something in the way calibre is written that doesn't allow that...??

05-24-2010, 10:48 PM	#5
tonyx3 Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus One	Yeah, this has always confused me a bit. I'm not 100% clear on how it all works, but it seems that even though the official repositories for Ubuntu can't keep up, couldn't the latest version just be set up in its own PPA, so a user could just add it as a custom software source and then the update manager would find the latest packages, or at least use aptitude to install it? I know you can get things like the daily build of Firefox or Chromium that way. Or is there something in the way calibre is written that doesn't allow that...??