[GNC] Ubuntu PPAs (Launchpad)

[Bruce Schuck]

On 5/20/25 1:59 PM, John Ralls wrote:

>> An alternative for those using older Ubuntu releases

> 5.11 is as up to date as it gets, that’s the current release.

I noted "older Ubuntu releases" for those such as me on Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. I usually upgrade every other LTS, so I skipped 24.04 and will
update my OS sometime after 26.04LTS is released next April.

If I want to run 5.11 on my system I would need to either use a flatpack
or compile 5.11 myself. Either is relatively simple for me, as I have
experimented on virtual systems. But for Ubuntu 22.04, the most recent
GC release via standard Ubuntu/Canonical repo is 4.8.

I started thinking about PPAs when a couple reported YahooJSON issues
that were recently fixed. Both were using older Ubuntu releases (I think
20.04 and 22.04) and a 5.x GC flatpack. Not sure why neither of them
didn't just get the latest flatpack at first.

Yes, I know Ubuntu uses Debian packages. I build binary packages at work
for a couple in-house applications that we deploy using Ansible or
SaltStack. But PPAs don't allow one to directly upload binary packages.

> I won’t object if someone is willing to step up and be the
> “official” PPA-maker *provided* that that someone *commits* to doing
> it reliably for every release until they find somebody to replace
> them.

I assuumed that at least part of the reason for not using PPA was 
workload. And from my playing around, building a flatpack (not 
installing) is easier than preparing and building a PPA source package. 
But then I've just started playing with creating my own.

Thanks for the info.

Bruce S.