Which repository do I add to automatically update Apache?

Question

I guess the tittle says it all: I installed apache on my ubuntu(11.10), which repository do I add to automatically update it?

Answer 1

Apache will automatically update to the latest available version for your distribution if you installed it from the Ubuntu repositories via any of the available methods: Software Center, Synaptic, or apt-get/aptitude from the terminal.

Sometimes the very latest versions of software are only available for the latest Ubuntu version, which yours is not. You may want add the Ubuntu repositories oneiric-backports and oneiric-proposed in that case; they will sometimes have newer versions than those in the "main" repositories.

Here's how you'd add those two from the Software Center:

• Press Alt+F2, type gksudo software-center, enter, type your password, and enter.
• Go to the Edit menu, ... Software Sources, and the Updates tab. As in the screenshot below, make sure the bottom two (Pre-released/Unsupported updates) are checked.
• Close and exit.