Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA

The Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA is available for those who wish to bring newer versions of Ubuntu Studio tools, themes, and functionality to earlier versions of Ubuntu. Currently, the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA supports the following Ubuntu versions:

This PPA contains updated versions of key tools, including:

To add this PPA

For Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS and higher:

Users of 20.04 LTS may get a prompt from the Software Updater to do a "Partial Upgrade". This is due to a change in packaging for the LSP Plugins. Simply do the "Partial Upgrade".

Another thing that might help is opening a terminal and typing:

 sudo apt update
 sudo apt full-upgrade

For Ubuntu Studio 18.04 (manual method):

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports 
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt full-upgrade

NOTE: It is highly recommended to remove this PPA prior to upgrading Ubuntu Studio from one version to the next.

To remove this PPA, open a terminal window and type:

 sudo apt install ppa-purge
 sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports

UbuntuStudio/BackportsPPA (last edited 2020-12-03 19:08:51 by eeickmeyer)