Re: Gnumeric 1.6.0 Released!

[Steve <bassix gmail com>]

On 10/23/05, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <fsmla xinara org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 17:25:33 -0400, Steve wrote:
> > I am currently using Ubuntu Hoary with Gnumeric 1.4.2... is there any
> > specific instructions on how to upgrade/install the most recent Gnumeric?
>
> The current release of Ubuntu, 5.10 (Breezy Badger), includes gnumeric
> 1.5.90 packages.
>
> > I've downloaded the source for 1.6.0... I get messages saying some
> > specific package and versions are missing from my system, after installing
> > all that I could find in Ubuntu repositories.
>
> Breezy is still relatively close to Debian unstable's codebase, so it's
> quite possible that the Debian packages I maintain of libgsf, goffice and
> gnumeric packages [*] can be installed on it painlessly or that you can
> at least rebuild those for Breezy from source (see the debian/control files
> in the source packages for information about build dependencies).
>
> Hoary's codebase is likely to be too old to get gnumeric 1.6.0 on it in a
> comfortable way.
>
> [*]     
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=experimental&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=libgsf&searchon=names
>         
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=experimental&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=goffice&searchon=names
>         
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=experimental&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=gnumeric&searchon=names
>
> HTH,
> Ray

Thanks for the info... I might take a stab at either upgrading to
Breezy or trying your Debian packages.

-Steve.
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