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If I add this PPA for a newer workrave version by rob caelers to my sources.list.d on Ubuntu 14.10 (utopic) and install workrave, I only get the version 10.4

How can I install version 1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1 ?

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  • Checked the basics, apt-get update and the ppa's online?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 30, 2014 at 11:49
  • sure, I did apt-get update and installed successfully already, but it results in 10.4 instead of 10.5. I searched more, and there are some deb packages here But I cant manage to install them yet (using dpkg -i)
    – rubo77
    Nov 30, 2014 at 11:55

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Here's a quick & dirty way: go to the ppa with your web browser, browse into http://ppa.launchpad.net/rob-caelers/workrave/ubuntu/pool/main/w/workrave/ and download the specific wanted files, then dpkg -i (or dpkg -i -R [dir with all .deb's] ) and see if it will work, or needs some other packages?

FYI, got to that link by following your link to the PPA in the Q, then the link in the sources.list entires.

I just tried adding the PPA (ppa:rob-caelers/workrave) to linux mint 17 (based on Ubuntu trusty, uses ubuntu repos) and Synaptic tells me there's 2 versions avaialble, 1.10.1-4 (trusty) and 1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1 (trusty) and it installs 1.10.5 (so does apt-get). Maybe your apt_preferences, or something else (Synaptic's Lock Version?) is deciding to not update to 1.10.5? Does Synaptic or apt-cache show workrave show either/both versions (Synaptic package, Properties -> Versions)? If it says 1.10.5 is available you could force the version, with apt-get install workrave=1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1 or synaptic Package menu -> Force version?

ps. the "Time for a micro-break" mouse-eluding window is a little annoying if not prepared for it ;-)

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  • cool this worked. Since I have 32bit installed, I downloaded workrave_1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1_i386.deb, workrave-data_1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1_all.deb and workrave-unity_1.10.5.0-ppa1~trusty1_i386.deb and installed them with dpkg -i. don't download the workrave-gnome package!
    – rubo77
    Nov 30, 2014 at 21:24
  • That's good. Not sure why the regular ways wouldn't work, but sometimes my Synaptic refuses to install the newest version of a program too, though it even shows the "upgradable" icon, and I have to "Force Version" from the menu. Tried checking /etc/apt/preferences.d/official-package-repositories.pref & apt-cache policy but they look ok, but hard to tell exactly what source a package is from and Synaptic's supposed to "Always prefer the highest version". If I could find the package again maybe I'll ask a Q about it, maybe a bug too?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 30, 2014 at 22:37

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