On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 17:22 +0100, David wrote: > 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. > > I think (3), while not impossible, will require updating too many shiny new things from GTK. Perhaps a possibility is this Flatpak route?
https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/Flatpak With the caveat of course that I haven't tried this (or even read more than the first few lines of the webpage). I would go down the Buster route myself, but that depends on what you don't or didn't like about the later versions of Debian. Good luck, Dom.
