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I tried to install the Eclipse IDE and arduino this way:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install arduino
sudo apt-get install eclipse

But come the version Eclipse 3.8 and the Arduino IDE 1.0.3 and not the latest versions. Would specify which version of the program when I use apt-get install?

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Packages in the official Ubuntu repositories are not always the current release versions from the developers. If the developers have their own repository you can always add that repository to your software sources and apt will pull the current version from there. Otherwise you will have to download the current version from the developer source and follow their directions for installing.

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That's the way you get the latest version of a package. What happens is that Eclipse 3.8 is the latest version available from the repos, in this case universe. Many software projects do not maintain packages for Ubuntu and you end up relying on voluntaries for the job. Eclipse is one of such cases and is usually lagging a good deal from the official release.

Since Eclipse itself provides automatic updates for its packages and interface you may opt for installing it manually.

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Your command to apt-get update will refresh the package list with the latest available in the Ubuntu distro that you are using (I'm assuming your on 13.04 or 12.04.3 right?). If your are curious about what version apt-get will install, use the following:

sudo apt-cache show arduino

or;

sudo apt-cache show eclipse

It will produce the following output:

Package: eclipse Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Installed-Size: 121 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers Original-Maintainer: Debian Orbital Alignment Team Architecture: all Version: 3.8.1-1ubuntu1 Depends: eclipse-jdt (>= 3.8.1-1ubuntu1), eclipse-pde (>= 3.8.1-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/e/eclipse/eclipse_3.8.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb ...

Trust this helps!

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  • More information on check versions and other great things you can do with apt and dpkg can be found here: newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/apt-get-intro/info.html.en
    – Mordoc
    Aug 30, 2013 at 14:18
  • Ok my ubuntu is 13.04. Your answers helped me, but I think I'll download the Arduino IDE and eclipse direct from their website. Thanks to everyone for the responses.
    – Patterson
    Aug 30, 2013 at 14:38

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