18.04

Backport an Ubuntu package in 5 minutes.

Packaging software might sound scary, but backporting Ubuntu package is actually easy.
When you need some features or bugfix in a newer version of software, which exists in latest Ubuntu release, but need it to be running in your older release of Ubuntu, what you need to do is to port the software from latest Ubuntu to the version you want. And in this HowTo I'll guide you through.

  1. Install tools: sudo apt install ubuntu-dev-tools
  2. Set developer (YOU) info: export UBUMAIL="Your Name <[email protected]>"
  3. Use tool to backport backportpackage -w . the-package-name
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