On Wed, Nov 9, 2016, at 13:13, Lists wrote: > Since I normally use .deb files to add new packages whenever they are > available, I am surprised that you do not advise it.
Don't be surprised. This is a bad idea, a bad practice. You are avoiding the vast majority of all the nice safety, reliability, and efficiency features of a proper package management system by downloading and installing .deb files individually. Use apt-get or aptitude or a GUI front end. If a package is not in the default repositories you can add its repository/ppa. > > The longer answer is that generally I would advise against downloading > > .deb files and installing them directly. The APT package management system > > includes a bunch of useful features, one of which is getting this stuff > > right. > > > > On Xubuntu, it's as simple as: > > sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-2 > > sudo apt-get update > > sudo apt-get install fish > > > > Hope that gets you fishing! > > > > David Adam > > zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > > > I did as recommended above and it now is fine. Thanks. I have noticed > that I now have version 2.4.0. As and when small updates appear, eg > 2.4.01 or some such, how will I update it? Or will it now appear in > updates automatically? apt-get update then apt-get upgrade will get you any available updates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
