Re: Outdated package in `apt-get` (stuck at v1.16.0.2)

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

We provide a binary debian package of the latest release at
https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases
This should work on Ubuntu.

+++ Ivan Lazar Miljenovic [Oct 09 17 14:33 ]:
>   `apt` is used on Linux-based distributions.  Distributions themselves
>   are responsible for maintaining the software found in their
>   repositories.
>   You may be able to find a PPA with a newer version of pandoc.
>
>   On 9 October 2017 at 13:54, Hazem AbuMostafa <[1]hbluebrince-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>   wrote:
>
>   I'm using Ubuntu (I believe `apt` is available in all Linux distros).
>   So packages are not uploaded via a maintainer/moderator?
>   On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 4:36:25 AM UTC+2, Ivan Miljenovic wrote:
>
>    Debian (I'm guessing that's what you're using from the use of
>   `apt-get`) is usually slow to get new packages.
>   So if you want a newer version of pandoc there, you'll have to
>   build/install it yourself.
>   On 9 October 2017 at 13:24, Hazem AbuMostafa <hblue...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>   wrote:
>
>   Hello everyone.
>   So, I use Pandoc to build by blog. I always install Pandoc manually on
>   my machine through executables/installers.
>   But when I published the blog today I noticed some result differences
>   and thought it's a host problem. But then I installed Pandoc through
>   `apt-get` (which is the way the host use to install it) and found that
>   this is the latest version uploaded there (1.16.0.2) instead of
>   1.19.2.x.
>
>   [2][pndc.JPG]
>   So, is there anyway to fix this?
>
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