On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 21:16 +0900, likcoras wrote: > On 05/09/2018 09:01 PM, David wrote: > > I currently use Evolution for my emails with Debian 8. > > > > The version in the repository is very old, I'm currently using V3.12. > > > > Is there a method for me to access a repository with a newer version? > > > > regards, > > > > David. > > > > > > It is generally not recommended to install software yourself unless you > know what you're doing. You do have a few choices: > > 1. Update to Debian Jessie (9). This will get you evolution 3.22.6. > 2. Update to Debian Buster (testing), currently 3.28.1, if you don't > mind running testing. Make sure you are ready to run testing, though. > 3. Grab a copy of the evolution source code from > <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution> and compile it yourself (a-la > make; make install). Make sure this is what you want, and that you are > aware of the consequences of going down this path. > 4. Backport evolution yourself. I personally have never done something > like this, so not 100% sure on the procedure involved. I assume it might > be safer than doing the 'make install' as in (3). > > Overall, <https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian> is good resource to > refer to in case you want to do something like this, make sure that you > know what you're doing and what can happen to your system if you do it. > Especially pay attention to > <https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_suffer_from_Shiny_New_Stuff_Syndrome>. > > Most importantly, determine if you actually do need the newer version in > the first place, or if you're upgrading just for the sake of upgrading. > The Debian developers are quite good at keeping up to date with security > updates, so hopefully you won't need to worry about those too much. > Thank you for the reply.
I have tried Debian 9, but I don't like it, hence I've stayed with Debian 8. I think I'll try option 3. My laptop is currently without Evolution, but I need a more modern version so I can import the emails and settings saved under 3.22 with a previous Linux operating system. David.
