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I have ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS installed I would like to upgrade from evolution 3.10.4 to 3.16.5, I can install it from ppa:fta/gnome3 but I want to install the official build.

for this I have added this line in software sources,

archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Wily Main

But I don't know whether it is safe or not. Before this, I tried to install evolution 3.16.5 manually but it has a lot of dependencies which can not be installed from trusty main.

How can I upgrade evolution to 3.16.5 without upgrading other packages except dependencies?

Abdul Rehman
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Remove the Wily repo now!

Quickly before something does an automatic upgrade and you end up with a system that is completely boned.

Evolution relies on dozens of Gnome packages and systems so upgrading one will need you to upgrade another, which will need you to upgrade another. Do you see what I'm saying? You'll need to upgrade most of Gnome.

Because of all the dependencies, it's also pretty hard to compile just the bits you want. Again, you'll end up upgrading most of your system.

So with that in mind I can only suggest:

  • Waiting two months for Xenial
  • Upgrade to Wily (via Utopic and Vivid)
Oli
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  • I thought the same when synaptic shown me number of packages to remove or upgrade, So I canceled the installation. – Abdul Rehman Feb 06 '16 at 14:44
  • Could you please share your experience or anyone else's who broke the system by adding and upgrading sources of next build ? I am curious :-). – Abdul Rehman Feb 06 '16 at 15:01