On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:20 PM, James Brierley jmb8710@gmail.com wrote:
Frank, add the following to any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/geany-dev/ppa/ubuntu raring main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/geany-dev/ppa/ubuntu raring main
I don’t think there are any problem dependencies that would prevent the raring package from installing on saucy. Usually (though certainly not always) installing a package built for an older distribution than you’re running is trouble-free. At least it has been for me in seven years using Debian-based operating systems, where third-party packages tend to be built for either the current stable release (Debian) or the current LTS release (Ubuntu).
To avoid testing binary-incompatibilities, a neater option in my opinion is to 'copy packages' from https://launchpad.net/~geany-dev/+archive/ppa/+packages to one of your personal PPAs on Launchpad (it's really just a click of a button!).
For fun I copied geany - 1.23+dfsg-1~hyper1+raring to https://launchpad.net/~landronimirc/+archive/collection/+packages , and while doing so asked to 'rebuild' for 'Saucy'.
But all this is a moot point. Ubuntu Saucy already ships geany-1.23.1. Frank, can you install that?
Regards, Liviu