Upgrade minidlna package

[Shutterstrom]

Hi, I've really tried to brows the web for help but I can't find any info that is helping me to complete my task.

What I would like to do is to upgrade minidlna on my ubuntu server 12.04 LTS. The current version installed is 1.0.21, and it came when I typed
sudo apt-get install minidlna.

But this is an old version of minidlna and the latest one is 1.0.25.

Question #1
Why does not Ubuntu upgrade to 1.0.25 version

Question #2
Is there a way for me to upgrade minidlna with
sudo apt-get update and
sudo apt-get upgrade If so, how can i make Ubuntu understand that tere is an update for minidlna?

Question #3
I also tried to install a .patch file for minidlna, but I don't know where the files are that I want to patch. Are these files that I want to patch on my server even though I used
sudo apt-get install minidlna

I guess you can tell that I'm quite new to Linux so please keep it as easy to understand as possible with good code examples and tips.

Thanks in advance!

[raja.genupula]

Hi
Providing an upgrade to a specific software is not a big deal , though its not such easy thing . Anything you'd like to install can be fine if you satisfied all required dependencies with the specific versions requirements.

you can have your desired version for sure . get the version source package from its source site and you can install it manually .

But for manually installed packages/applications Ubuntu not going to provide any updates . so you are at your own risk .

Hope that helps.

[Shutterstrom]

Hi
Providing an upgrade to a specific software is not a big deal , though its not such easy thing . Anything you'd like to install can be fine if you satisfied all required dependencies with the specific versions requirements.

you can have your desired version for sure . get the version source package from its source site and you can install it manually .

But for manually installed packages/applications Ubuntu not going to provide any updates . so you are at your own risk .

Hope that helps.

Hi Raja and thanks for the reply.

What I'm looking for is a way for Ubuntu tu understand that there is an update for minidlna by using the apg-get commando. Is there a way to do that? (refering to my question #2)

If I download the minidlna_1.0.25_src.tar.gz from sourceforge.net, this means that I will install it manually and will not be able to upgrade minidlna via apt-get in the future?

If it's possible to upgrade minidlna via apt-get commando, how can I do that then?

[raja.genupula]

yes thats what i mean . If you have install it manually then in future you can't update with apt-get .

wait for some more time , I am sure Ubuntu will provide it with next updates . There might be some serious bugs associated with the latest version .

wait for some more time .

else in the launchpad page of that pkg you can see whose maintaining it and you can contact the maintainer about the update .

Hope that helps .

[zvacet]

Yuo can add this (https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/server-stuff) PPA.Version is 1.0.24.

[TiloBunt]

please check this bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/minidlna/+bug/1026550

also I just update via PPA from previous post (https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/server-stuff)

looks fine (1.0.24)
make sure you backup you config file

funny enough Ubuntu 12.10 comes with 1.0.24 as already.

cheers