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Apocc-Rooster
January 15th, 2010, 03:12 AM
I'm trying to install Eclipse from synaptic but it only has version 3.2 while there's a version 3.5 out there.
How do I get synaptic to provide the latest versions of anything?

Thanks.

Enigmapond
January 15th, 2010, 03:19 AM
Add the Eclipse or any other repository to your sources list. You can get all the info from launchpad...I believe.

Apocc-Rooster
January 15th, 2010, 03:26 AM
Sorry, I know very little about Ubuntu. How do I add it to my sources list and what's launchpad?

steveneddy
January 15th, 2010, 03:33 AM
Install it using the ppa:

https://launchpad.net/~yogarine/+archive/eclipse

make sure that you choose the version of Ubuntu that you are using.

What version of Ubuntu are you using?

Enigmapond
January 15th, 2010, 03:36 AM
right...do the above and then follow this tutorial,,,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

steveneddy
January 15th, 2010, 03:45 AM
I'm gonna have to do this anyway:

Open a terminal

Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal

copy and paste this into your terminal:


sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

at the bottom of that file add these lines of code: (copy and paste)


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yogarine/eclipse/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/yogarine/eclipse/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main

See those bold, red letters? Enter either jaunty if you are using 9.04 and karmic if you are on 9.10.

Now save the file and close that window.

In your still open terminal:


wget http://www2.yogarine.com/eclipse-ppa.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

hit Enter

OK - now in terminal:


sudo apt-get update

then


sudo apt-get upgrade


then finally:


sudo apt-get install eclipse

Yer now a L33T hacker, dude.

steveneddy
January 15th, 2010, 03:54 AM
right...do the above and then follow this tutorial,,,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

This is a great reference site for education, but adding the ppa should cover the OP's issue, which is covered in your site.

I need to bookmark that site - save a lot of time.