If you're talking about Ubuntu repositories, be noted that almost everything in that repo is so outdated its not even funny.
Installs for power users are more like:
Download tarbal
Extract tarbal./configure make make install
Sometimes you even need to do a link in your bin folder if you wanna call up the application in a single command instead of typing the full address.
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If you're talking about Ubuntu repositories, be noted that almost everything in that repo is so outdated its not even funny. Installs for power users are more like: Download tarbal Extract tarbal ./configure make make install
Sometimes you even need to do a link in your bin folder if you wanna call up the application in a single command instead of typing the full address.