Re: GMT support for Ubuntu 13.10

Hi Marcus,

for me, GMT4 on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit is totally broken. However, you can
still upgrade to Saucy Salamander and keep using GMT4 from Raring
Ringtail. After the dist-upgrade, you just have to create a file
/etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-gmt4 with the contents

---8<-------

Package: gmt
Pin: release n=raring*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: gmt-doc
Pin: release v=13.04, l=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: libgmt4
Pin: release v=13.04, l=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: *
Pin: release v=13.04, l=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: -1

---8<-------

And then, after making sure that both Raring and Saucy repositories are
activated, remove gmt* packages from your system, apt-get update, and
install gmt again. Then, even though your system is at 13.10, the GMT
packages will be taken from 13.04.

Cheers,
Andreas.


On 03.01.2014 13:51, Marcus Badger wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> Ubuntu is now encouraging me to update to 13.10, normally I would do
> immediately but there have been some problems noted here with GMT
> support and GMT is very important to me - does anyone know the status of
> GMT support in Ubuntu 13.10?
> 
> many thanks and happy new year!
> Marcus.
> 


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-- Andreas.

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