Linux repository fro prebuilt?

[ETS]

Thank you - that answers the question exactly :)

On 09/08/2016 05:48 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:16 PM, ETS <eschmeisser at nc.rr.com
> <mailto:eschmeisser at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     I see that a new version (2.6.13) has been released, but my Linux Mint
>     18 software and package managers do not see the new version.  How do
>     these new versions get into these repositories? - Elmar
>
>
> I'm not sure if you want to know for your own system or for everyone
> running Mint, so I will try to answer both.
>
> When the GnuCash developers release a new version, volunteers notice
> the new version and package it for their favorite distribution. I
> believe the following is the chain for Mint...
>
> 1) Volunteers package the latest GnuCash for Debian, which makes it to
> Debian Unstable.
>
> 2) Ubuntu automatically picks up the latest version from Debian
> Unstable a few months before each six-month release. (This happened
> before Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which is GnuCash 2.6.12.)
>
> 3) Mint picks up the version from Ubuntu LTS releases, SO for the next
> two years, the latest version in Mint will be GnuCash 2.6.12. 
>
> (There may also be a version of Mint based more directly on Debian --
> I don't know when they sync with the Debian repositories. It's also
> possible you can volunteer to package a newer version for inclusion in
> Mint, which I am sure folks would find helpful.)
>
> To get the most recent release for YOUR system, you could compile it
> yourself! (It's not difficult. You'll find instructions at GnuCash.org .)
>
> Alternatively, look at the repository at GetDeb.net -- tell it you're
> running Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial." (And if you find their repository
> helpful, be sure to donate some money to pay for their bandwidth.)
>
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