HOWTO: install a backported VIM 7.0 to Dapper

[tseliot]

NOTE: these packages are for Ubuntu 32bit

Download the following packages which I backported from Edgy:

http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...-017+8_all.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...-017+8_all.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...-017+8_all.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb
http://www.webalice.it/albertomilone...017+8_i386.deb

then:

Uninstall VIM

sudo apt-get remove --purge vim

Install VIM 7

cd folder_in_which_you_put_the_files
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

[ZonedOut]

I tried to follow the how-to but ran into a problem. When I tried the command

sudo apt-get source -b vim

I got this error:

dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19)

This is true because I have version 1.13.11ubuntu6 in the repository. What can I do to fix the dependency problem?

[tseliot]

I tried to follow the how-to but ran into a problem. When I tried the command

sudo apt-get source -b vim

I got this error:

dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19)

This is true because I have version 1.13.11ubuntu6 in the repository. What can I do to fix the dependency problem?

Didn't you do "sudo apt-get build-dep vim" ?

[ZonedOut]

It appears there was an error there that I originally did not notice

zonedout@TheZone:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep vim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Build-Depends dependency for vim cannot be satisfied because no available versions of package dpkg-dev can satisfy version requirements

[tseliot]

It appears there was an error there that I originally did not notice

zonedout@TheZone:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep vim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Build-Depends dependency for vim cannot be satisfied because no available versions of package dpkg-dev can satisfy version requirements

Can you post the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list ?

[ZonedOut]

Here it is:

deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

[tseliot]

Here it is:

deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

Try adding:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

then:

sudo apt-get update

and try again

[ZonedOut]

I tried adding those but it didn't change anything. I think I already had those repos with:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

in the middle of the file.

[tseliot]

I tried adding those but it didn't change anything. I think I already had those repos with:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse

in the middle of the file.

It's universe and not universe multiverse

[ZonedOut]

I looked on http://packages.ubuntu.com and it lists dpkg-dev (1.13.11ubuntu6) for dapper which is the current package that I have. This version is not high enough to satisfy the dependency dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19). Are you saying that there's an update in the universe that I'm missing? And can you explain why adding the multiverse would make any difference? I thought having universe and multiverse just adds them both. Thanks for the help.