New KXStudio repos on an old 16.04?
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New KXStudio repos on an old 16.04?
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 quite a long time now. I tried to install to new KXStudio repos on it, but - no can do. The reason I am postponing the upgrade to 18.04 is because I am in a middle of a project, so wouldn't want to waste days in system configuration. Reason more, I have some apps that I depend on(like Gnome subtitles) which are not available in 18.04. From everywhere I read, the main reason because of which people encourage the users to upgrade is the new 4.15 kernel. Well, I already have the 4.15 kernel in 16.04. So, is it possible to upgrade some dependencies, like Python or what not, and to enable the new KX repos? The reason why I am asking this is because I would like to have updated music production apps, mainly Ardour, Guitarix, MuseScore, Hydrogen, DrumGizmo and of course, Carla/JACK
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Re: New KXStudio repos on an old 16.04?
You might try downloading updated binaries for the apps you want, or compiling from source. Of course, that would probably be more work than just upgrading your OS.
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Re: New KXStudio repos on an old 16.04?
Now big question is: do you actually need something new? Or can you live with current versions you have until you have possibility to upgrade? If you can live another 7 months with your current OS, then you could upgrade to 20.04.Aleks wrote:The reason I am postponing the upgrade to 18.04 is because I am in a middle of a project, so wouldn't want to waste days in system configuration. Reason more, I have some apps that I depend on(like Gnome subtitles) which are not available in 18.04.
I have been in similar situations few times, and options are:
- Just live with old OS and apps in it
- Build yourself apps that you really need to get upgraded. In some cases it can mean also building several libs.
- Take the pain of upgrade
- Install new version to another computer, and suffer from having things split to 2 computers
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Re: New KXStudio repos on an old 16.04?
The all new and improved KXStudio repo does not provide those applications anymore. They limit themselves to VST's and apps like Carla that the maintainer, FalkTX, manages/develops. FalkTX also recently left this forum by the way. Pity KXStudio ain't what it used to be... But it was too much work for one single person. See https://kx.studio/News/ under "On 2019-09-24 by falkTX".Aleks wrote:[...] So, is it possible to upgrade some dependencies, like Python or what not, and to enable the new KX repos? The reason why I am asking this is because I would like to have updated music production apps, mainly Ardour, Guitarix, MuseScore, Hydrogen, DrumGizmo and of course, Carla/JACK