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How to upgrade Transmission to version 1.61 (8385) = newest version

Asked by ZippyV

The version of Transmission provided by Ubuntu 9.04 is 1.51 however the website of transmission tells me they have newer versions available. Why is it not getting updated with the update manager?

I can understand if it wouldn't be possible to update because of incompatibilities with the current libraries of the operating system but I don't think that is the issue with Transmission.

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

Every package in an Ubuntu release can only be upgraded per the Stable Release Upgrade Policy:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

However, new versions are often available through backports. Information on enabling the backports repository and for requesting a new version to be backported can be found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports

Those directions don't have clear directions for enabling backports for Jaunty so please do the following to enable backports:

1) Goto: System->Administration->Software Sources
2) Goto the Updates tab
3) Check: Unsupported Update (jaunty-backports)

However, I have this repository enable and still only see 1.51 so it looks like you should probably request a backport per the directions in the above link.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi ZippyV,

# Open a terminal and enter the following command:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

# Add the following 2 lines to the end of the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ubuntu jaunty main

# Save the changes to the file

# Then open a terminal and enter the following 2 commands to upgrade transmission to the newest version:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Regards,

Mark

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#3

Wow, I completely missed that they had a ppa.

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ZippyV (zippyv) said : 		#4

Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.