Re: [orca-list] updating Orca

[Glenn <glennervin cableone net>]

Hi Thomas,
I have been using Ubuntu for years, and I did not know that it was called 
gnome-orca.
And perhaps I have already built from source without knowing the 
terminology.
I do many tasks from the CLI, like parted and fdisk and the like, and 
installs, using bash or dpkg.
By building from source, do you mean downloading the latest Orca and doing 
an install?
Thanks.
Glenn

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:53:35 -0400
From: Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>
To: orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] updating Orca
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Hi Glenn,

Well, to start with the package name is gnome-orca not orca. It would
help to request the correct package name when trying to do an apt-get
install or upgrade.

Another thing to remember is a lot of times the repositories are out
of date. Meaning the stable build available on the Ubuntu repository
isn't necessarily the latest to begin with. If you truly want an up to
date version of Orca you have to build from source.

Cheers!


On 9/15/14, Glenn <glennervin cableone net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have noticed that there have been a lot of things being worked out in
> Orca.
> In the past, I have tried apt-get install orca
> and apt-get never finds anything for orca.
> Does Orca use a separate repository?
> One would think that if a package came with an ISO, that we could get an
> update via apt-get.
> Maybe there's something about this process that I'm not understanding.
> What do all of you know about this?
> Glenn