# Ubuntu repositories have outdated Kakoune

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188 "2020-08-04T15:00:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![johnisom](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/johnisom/32/627_2.png) [@johnisom](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/johnisom)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/1 "2020-08-04T15:00:38Z")

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Kakoune just had another release–2020.08.04! Right now, though, the current version in the Ubuntu Apt repositories is 2019.07.01-1build1. That’s over a year old. When can we expect the updated version to be available in the Ubuntu universe repository?

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**Author:** ![Screwtapello](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/screwtapello/32/12_2.png) [@Screwtapello](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/Screwtapello)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/2 "2020-08-04T15:46:50Z")

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Ubuntu is not a rolling-release distro, it takes a snapshot of Debian Testing every six months and whatever the current version happens to be at that point, that’s the version in the next Ubuntu release.

In [this particular instance](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/kakoune/news/), Debian Testing didn’t get a package of v2020.01.16 until May, far too late to get into the Ubuntu 20.04LTS release. [packages.ubuntu.com](http://packages.ubuntu.com) [tells me](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=kakoune&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all) that Ubuntu 20.10 will have at least v2020.01.16 in it, maybe even v2020.08.04 if Debian packages it in time.

Perhaps ironically, a new, updated version of v2020.01.16 landed in Debian Testing today, one that adds [a few patches](https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/k/kakoune/changelog-2020.01.16-2) (presumably) cherry-picked from the git repo since there hadn’t been an official release in a while. Hopefully the Debian maintainer will still be in a packaging mood and package this new version quickly.

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**Author:** ![johnisom](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/johnisom/32/627_2.png) [@johnisom](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/johnisom)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/3 "2020-08-05T01:41:47Z")

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I see. Thanks for pointing me to all of that. It makes sense now why so many users of Kakoune just install from git, me included.

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**Author:** ![alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alexherbo2/32/1140_2.png) [@alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alexherbo2)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/4 "2020-08-05T08:12:19Z")

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For something like an editor, I always want the latest version. 😛

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**Author:** ![scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/scr/32/486_2.png) [@scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/scr)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/5 "2020-08-05T09:23:32Z")

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I can’t update to the latest version from git ☹  
in the kakoune src repo I do:

```auto
git pull origin master
make clean
make
PREFIX=$HOME/.local make install

```

And I have:

```auto
$ kak -version 
Kakoune v2020.01.16-509-ga82d61c1
$ kakoune/src/kak -version
Kakoune v2020.01.16-509-ga82d61c1

```

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**Author:** ![scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/scr/32/486_2.png) [@scr](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/scr)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/6 "2020-08-05T10:06:58Z")

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OK I got it.  
Need to `git checkout` to the v2020.08.04 branch

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**Author:** ![alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/alexherbo2/32/1140_2.png) [@alexherbo2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/alexherbo2)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/ubuntu-repositories-have-outdated-kakoune/1188/7 "2020-08-05T11:49:08Z")

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I’m on master and have `Kakoune v2019.07.01-956-ga82d61c1`.