Take the 2-minute tour ×  All of my google results on this
question are about just learning to use synaptic.  I've noticed
that Ubuntu's TTYtter package is quite a ways behind. TTYtter is
just one file (one perl script) so even a newb like myself could
update the Ubuntu repository without any complications of
patching folders or .tar.gz's or the like.  So I think I can,
and I'd like to, fix TTYtter to the more recent version. But how
do I go about that?  share|improve this question Even if you can
update it, will you have done all the necessary testing to
ensure it won't adversely effect other parts of the system? Just
thinking out loud here, because I am not sure how much testing
is done by Ubuntu people, and then, there are other repos you
might add that will introduce other untested stuff too. –  Jazz
Jul 31 '12 at 7:33 @ubnewbie2 It's just one perl script and it
works with the default version of perl in Ubuntu. – 
isomorphismes Aug 7 '12 at 6:15 add comment  2 Answers  up vote
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