Ubuntu – Who do I contact to get software updated in the Software Center

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For those who are still using blender on Ubuntu 11.04, the version in the Software Center is out of date (2.49). Yes, it does make a difference, there was a major user interface change with the release of Blender 2.5. For those using Blender in Ubuntu 11.10, the version in the Software Center is also out of date(2.57). The current release of Blender is 2.60. Who can I contact go get the versions in the two Software Centers updated? Any help is much appreciated.

Best Answer

Normally Ubuntu releases the packages with a distro release and the only updates for them are bugs or security updates, if you want to use later versions of the software you probably need to add a PPA to your list.

This PPA supplies the latest 2.60 version for 11.10, to add it to your system use these commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/irie-blender

After that use these commands to update your package list and possible packages

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Package blender will install 2.60 in Ubuntu 11.04, 2.49.2 in Ubuntu 11.04. For 2.50 in 11.04 install package blender2.5.

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