Re: [Evolution] email colours

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf mardorf rocketmail com>]

Hi Ian,

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:01:11 +1100, Ian wrote:
> It seems the official repositories override any PPAs present, even if
> (or maybe because) they contain newer versions.

no, you most likely made an error. There are several possibilities what
you might have done wrong. I suspect pinning isn't the issue, but
assumed you already added and enabled the repository, you perhaps
forgot to update, before you upgraded. If you didn't sync the package
index, the package management isn't aware about the new packages.

Reload, resp. synch the package index:

sudo apt-get update

Assumed the PPA split Evolution in packages the Ubuntu way, you don't
need to remove or purge an existing version of Evolution, you just need
to upgrade:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Warning! Assumed you should have made this mistake, then it's not a
good idea to install packages from a third party repository. Using
third party repositories could break your install, if you don't
understand what you're doing.

Regards,
Ralf