Not using the lastest version | Not in repository | Why?

SSYMC-Multimedia · 31 Jan

Hi.

An introduction:

My church multimedia team has been using OpenLP on a lightweight Linux distro (SparkyLinux) since early November 2024. Previously, we used SongPro on Windows 10, until ...
(a) Mega$haft made it clear we wouldn't be able to upgrade to v11, not without a new laptop, which we cannot afford. (Money's limited in UK churches.)
(b) The SongPro license payment was due at the end of November.
(c) Discussions on its forums convinced us it was time to change. (No details here. So no lawyers, please.)

So, we are new here, still feeling our way around Linux & OpenLP. Please be gentle.

The version of OpenLP we are using is v3.0.2-2, installed from the (Debian?) repository (using sudo apt install openlp).

The latest version of OpenLP is v3.1.6, I see.

When will it be available in the repository? And who gets to decide what versions of software it holds?

Please forgive a n00bish question. Thank you in advance.

Ffunkydan2 · 1 Feb

Sorry, in my previous post I got things wrong.

This is really a question for the SparkyLinux team. But it looks like SparkyLinux mirrors the Debian release structure. If you're running the Stable release, then you'll be stuck on old, well tested, software (that's why it's stable). If you want to have more up-to-date software, you might consider moving to the testing branch.

SSYMC-Multimedia · 1 Feb

That's clear enough. Thank you.

raoul · 3 Feb

OpenLP does not control the version of OpenLP in Debian. What @funkydan2 said about stable and testing releases is true, especially in Debian. If you want to get the latest version of OpenLP, you'll want to either use the testing branch, or the "unstable" branch (which isn't actually particularly unstable).

SSYMC-Multimedia · 8 Feb

Thank you, and sorry for such a n00by question.

And I was wrong about the latest version of OpenLP. I meant to refer to v3.1.5. (I guess 3.1.6 is an unstable not-released version)

Fabster · 10 Feb

Joe proposed that in another thread:

One way you could go, is to install the debian package from Sid. You can download it here:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/openlp/download
and install it via sudo apt install ./[filename]
From 3.1.5 i had first to uninstall the previous version.

I think that should do the job without changing to an unstable Debian version.

raoul · 21 Feb

Fabster The problem with this approach is that the versions of some of the packages that OpenLP depends on may be incorrect. Incompatible versions could cause issues in OpenLP. By all means try it, but if OpenLP seems buggy, that's the reason why.