I have been trying to install python 3.10.4 from apt but it always keeps installing python 3.8.2. I ran sudo apt update and the output is following:
Hit:1 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_16.x focal InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Fetched 336 kB in 2s (146 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.
The ppa listed above looks like the official ones (I am a linux newbie, I couldn't spot if anything was wrong here). Now if I run apt policy python3, I still get python 3.8.2, not the latest version which is 3.10.4.
python3:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
Version table:
3.8.2-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
The problem also seems to occur for other packages. For example, the latest stable fzf version is 0.30.0, but running apt policy fzf, I get a much older version 0.20.0:
fzf:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.20.0-1
Version table:
0.20.0-1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
The package version in apt might not be the absolute latest one so far I am concerned, but still should it lag by that much? How would I ensure that the packages I install from apt are the latest ones, if not then at least close to the latest version?
aptare very much not necessarily the latest versions. They are maintained by entirely different people than the software itself. If you want the latest version you can compile it from source yourself. – Esther Apr 27 '22 at 19:20