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libhid package

Is there any way to install this package on Raring Ringtale ?

Asked by Rob

At present this package is not available for Ubuntu 13.04 Is there any way to install this pakage and possibly the coresponding dev package ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhid/+changelog

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Deleted in maverick-release (Reason: (From Debian) RoQA; RC buggy, orphaned; Debian bug #496665)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Found a PPA for it in Precise:
https://launchpad.net/~bryce/+archive/wmr100?field.series_filter=precise

No PPA for Raring RingTAIL (not tale)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

You could try installing the packages manually by downloading the libhid0 .deb file for lucid (and maybe libhid-dev and python-hid .deb files) and installing it with dpkg.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhid/0.2.15+20060325-2.2ubuntu1/+build/888940 for i386
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhid/0.2.15+20060325-2.2ubuntu1/+build/888937 for amd64

In some cases the manual installation of a package for another Ubuntu release works well, but in some cases that miserably fails due to unsatisfiable or dependencies. Try on your own risk.

As far as I can read from http://bugs.debian.org/496665 the resason for removing that package was that it was unmaintained, and I do not see any information that it were broken.

In any case there is the question what you need that package for.

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