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Why isn't Ubuntu using the latest versions of some applications?

Whenever I use the package manager, it can only ever find really old versions of stuff. Example:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql

The best it can do is version 8.4 (3 years out of date). Trying to get a later version, I get:

$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package postgresql-9.1

I experience the same issue whenever I use the package manager, so I usually just download and build things from source.

How can I make it find up-to-date software?

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    It's available in PPA: https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/postgresql – RobotHumans Oct 06 '12 at 09:41
  • @EliahKagan You are absolutely wrong. The latest version of PostgreSQL in Ubuntu Software Center is 9.1. That's for Ubuntu 12.04 –  Oct 06 '12 at 10:28
  • you can get it from here https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/postgresql/+build/3870617/+files/postgresql-9.1_9.1.6-1~precise2_amd64.deb –  Oct 06 '12 at 10:30
  • what ubuntu version are you using, can you post the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list –  Oct 06 '12 at 10:31
  • @EliahKagan You are saying that it is normal to see PostgreSQL 8.4 in apt-get because of ubuntu plan of Stable LTS Releases. that's not the case of Andrew because the latest version in repositories is 9.1/9.2 –  Oct 06 '12 at 10:37
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    @AbrahamVanHelpsing thanks, that worked. I still want to know why the standard packages (not just postgres) are all really old as I have this problem every time I want to install something. – Flash Oct 06 '12 at 10:37
  • @Andrew please tell us what ubuntu version are you using and post the output of cat /etc/apt/sources.list –  Oct 06 '12 at 10:42
  • @kamil I wasn't actually saying that. Andrew brought up postgresql as an example to ask why often programs' latest versions are not provided in official repositories. At least that part of the question is a duplicate of this. But if I had said that, I would not be wrong. Not all Ubuntu releases have postgresql 9.1. Andrew: Please do edit your question with the info kamil has requested. – Eliah Kagan Oct 06 '12 at 10:44
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    Think about what happens when you have a bunch of interconnected packages. If you say "postgre is available so we'll bump the version to be that PPA in ****verse" how many reverse dependencies would break? – RobotHumans Oct 06 '12 at 20:46

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