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How do I load more current package

Asked by john bougs

I need to add a more current version of the libpcsclite1 package (and friends) to jaunty. jaunty has libpcsclite1 (1.4.102-1ubuntu2) but I need 1.5.3 for use with libnfc (a package not supported on ubuntu). karmic has libpcsclite1 (1.5.3-1ubuntu1).

Is there a way to update to the more current package, or do I need to compile the package myself?

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#1

Find the package here and download it.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/
It is not recommended using packages that havent been tested though.

Hope that helps
Shane

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john bougs (bogusemail98230) said : 		#2

so how do I do that?

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#3

Go to the url above and search for any package you need download the .deb file and it should open automatically. Then you just hit install.

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john bougs (bogusemail98230) said : 		#4

I'm trying to run it on a sheeva plug....no video card, no X, no GUI, no web browser.... serial console only.

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#5

Hmmmm then you have a problem. I dont have a clue how to do that.

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Nandan Vaidya (gotunandan) said : 		#6

You can use the command line utility GNU Wget

$ wget http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pcsc-lite/libpcsclite1_1.5.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

$ dpkg -i libpcsclite1_1.5.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

Please be aware though, that it might have some dependancies on later versions of other packages too

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john bougs (bogusemail98230) said : 		#7

it look liek it will be sasfer to just compile the code. thanks for your help

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Nandan Vaidya (gotunandan) said : 		#8

Again, manually compiling may also need those same depedancies.

You could also upgrade to Karmic after it gets a little more stable since its still in Alpha 2

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