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What is the reason that by using sudo apt install texlive-full I only get TexLive version.2015, even though the newer versions such as 2016 and 2017 are out?

I am actually trying to install Texlive 2016.

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    And https://askubuntu.com/questions/794671/upgrading-tex-live-from-2015-to-2016-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/809779#809779 – muru Dec 26 '17 at 06:37
  • Ubuntu LTS is essentially a snapshot in time, with bugfixes applied. The Java programmers learned this the hard way with Java 8 not being backported to 14.04. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Dec 26 '17 at 08:28

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Unfortunately Ubuntu 16.04 only ships the older version of TexLive. However for Ubuntu 16.04 you can install TexLive 2016 by adding the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/texlive-2016
sudo apt-get update

and then installing TexLive as usual. Bear in mind that the same gentleman has separate PPAs with TexLive 2015 and 2017 also available for Ubuntu 16.04...

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