Update the avrdude, avr-libc, binutils-avr and other packages in precise and lucid branches of Ubuntu

[Rounak SIngh]

hi,
Ubuntu will release "trusty" 14.04 LTS next year, though its apt branch has most of the updated packages. Also, what I found is the other LTS branch like precise (which I use)(support till 2017) packages are not updated. For Example: avrdude(new release has new features which makes it faster), avr-libc, binutils-avr, pinta(current package is unstable), etc.

Though I updated the avrdude and pinta manually, an update is not alerted (automatically) to all the persons who are using Ubuntu. But its the package management system (say apt) which keeps track of the updates, notify updates to user and automatically installs them. Here, I think somebody forget updating the packages of old LTS branch(precise) (which is supported till 2017) and hence the people(or user of Ubuntu) are suffering with bugs and low performance releases.

So, I request the admin or the person resolving this bug to PLEASE NOTIFY THE PACKAGE MAINTAINERS TO UPDATE THE PACKAGES OF THE LTS BRANCHES, precise, since this branches will be in use till 2017; so that public can enjoy new features and updated (debugged) programs.

[Rounak SIngh (rounaksingh17)]

After lots of googling, I found that the third party software (or community maintained) are in "universe" repository component.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

So, I changed my apt software sources for only "universe" to "trusty", as the other three (main, restricted and multiverse) are good with "precise".

Add following to the /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
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It is working fine... though need to be vigil for some behaviour of apt; such as some packages may be kept back or not upgrade ( but that's not a big deal since those are dependencies which are kept back for some other packages, and therefore need not to upgrade).