#Pdfsam 2.2.1 install#
#Pdfsam 2.2.1 archive#
#Pdfsam 2.2.1 verification#

The version of PDFsam in Ubuntu Software Center is old (as of Apversion 1.1.3-1 ). I'll just go ahead and put it up on my website then, and if Lucid catches up, then I'll point people to that instead.įor people stumbling onto this thread from a search engine this was my problem: The pdfsam slated for Lucid (so far) is still 1.1.3. The instructions simply weren't clear enough for a layman. But when it came to uploading the file, I couldn't figure out what to do from their seemed that they wanted some kind of source directory.

I went through the steps of getting a PGP key and having the fingerprint registered with them, etc. It's the age-old struggle between centralization and diversity. They can't do everything, and there will always be people outside of the ubuntu developers who will specialize in certain areas, and be willing to push farther and faster in those areas.

The problem is that pushing everything on the ubuntu developers is simply not reasonable. If I go to a website where it is clear that the folks are sincerely interested in the same things I am, and are not pushing some fly-by-night money-making scheme, I will trust them. I don't see that as avoidable, and I'm not particularly wary about downloading deb files from outside sources. That is the inevitable result of freedom. If you want an updated version of a package then ask the Ubuntu developers to make it or check to see if it already available in the next version:

#Pdfsam 2.2.1 verification#

If the PPA repositories force some sort of verification then that is a step in the right direction, but the whole notion of providing software packages outside of the official sources contains risk - no matter how good the intentions are.

#Pdfsam 2.2.1 install#

People are getting wary about any packages outside the official repositories, basically anyone can write any malware they like and tell others 'hey, install this. I don't have a changes.log, and couldn't understand what else they were talking about.Īnyone have any other suggestions? Should I just attach the DEB as a ZIP to this thread? It is about 12.4mb.

So I tried setting up a PPA area on launchpad, but quickly got bogged down with dput, gpg, dbuild, etc. I'd like to put this somewhere to share with others until the newer one is officially available, but was a bit uncertain about putting it on my own website, as I don't know what kind of traffic it will generate.

#Pdfsam 2.2.1 archive#

While it is fairly easy to download the zip archive from and either run the jar file, or sudo copy the new files overtop of the old ones, I put together a DEB file which seems to work fine (basically took the old DEB, and replaced the files, edited the control file). I noticed that pdfsam was up to version 2.10 and the current ubuntu version is 1.1.3.