Re: [Evolution] Getting newer Evo than found in distro (was: About performance)

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 11:33 -0400, Mark Filipak wrote:
> On 2013/5/14 7:50 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>  > If you run the "evolution" command from the command line [gnome-terminal]
>  > you may see text error messages upon the uninitiated exit, they may be
>  > illuminating as to the reason.   But I did see such behavior *rarely* in
>  > some versions of 3.6.x
>  > This is generally true for UNIX apps; run them from the command line to see
>  > stdout/stderr messags if you feel that something is amiss.
> That's a great tip. Idea! = Is there any way to permanently pipe stdout & 
> stderr (from all sources) to an open terminal window that's not part of the 
> offending application's execution thread? If so, I would have that window 
> automatically open when I boot Linux.

Nope, stdout/stderr is directly associated with the execution of the
application.  Every process has a
standard-in/standard-out/standard-error [although they may choose to
close one or any of them].   Windows has this too, but it is rarely used
for anything useful.

Typically the application launcher can be modified to run-in-terminal
that automates this behavior.

>  >> Evo 3.6.2 is what my Software Manager fetched when I selected to install
>  >> Evolution. How does a linux-person get and, especially, install the latest
>  >> version? (Simply pointing me to a web site is fine.)
>  > Packaging is always a distribution specific issue.   For openSUSE, for
>  > example, there are repositories one can subscribe[via zypper] and update to
>  > for the 'latest' versions of software.   That means someone has to package
>  > it - but for mainstream software like GNOME that is almost certainly being
>  > done by someone.
> <http://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2013/04/gnome-3-8-for-opensuse-12-3-go-get-it/>
>  >  So it will depend on what distribution you are using,
> VMware Player 5.0.2
> Host: WinXP3, 32-bit
> Guest: Linux Mint 14, 64-bit + Xfce 4.10
> I think you're telling me that I'd need to subscribe to something associated 
> with Linux Mint. Correct? 

Yes.

> I'll ask at the Mint-user forum. What do I ask for? - 
> Is there some technical name for this needed subscription?

Generally the term is 'repository' [as in repository of packages].
Anything Ubuntu related will have their own customized obfuscated
terminology that nobody else uses.  I think the current vogue term in
Ubuntu land is "PPA".


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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA