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[GH-ISSUE #294] PPA for ubuntu/debian packages #207

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opened 2026-05-05 05:19:06 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 12 comments

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Originally created by @fbis251 on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/294

Hi,

It's great that your project provides packages for many platforms, but having an easy way to automatically update to new releases through a PPA would be great.

Thank you for your hard work.

Originally created by @fbis251 on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/294 Hi, It's great that your project provides packages for many platforms, but having an easy way to automatically update to new releases through a PPA would be great. Thank you for your hard work.

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2026-05-05 05:19:13 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

It is available in Debian/Ubuntu repositories. What advantage would a PPA have?
Are the updates not fast enough?

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): It is available in Debian/Ubuntu repositories. What advantage would a PPA have? Are the updates not fast enough?

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2026-05-05 05:19:15 -06:00

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@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

The current version for 15.10 is 0.9.28 at the time I wrote this:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/wily/firejail

According to the project's tags it was released before September 2015 (around 5 months ago)
https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/releases

It would be nice to try out features like --whitelist which was not supported by the version available on the official ubuntu repositories through an optional PPA. Although I can probably keep up with the releases of .deb packages on sourceforge, having a PPA allows users to use automatic updates

@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): The current version for 15.10 is 0.9.28 at the time I wrote this: http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/wily/firejail According to the project's tags it was released before September 2015 (around 5 months ago) https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/releases It would be nice to try out features like --whitelist which was not supported by the version available on the official ubuntu repositories through an optional PPA. Although I can probably keep up with the releases of .deb packages on sourceforge, having a PPA allows users to use automatic updates

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2026-05-05 05:19:18 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

Ah, you mean for already released Ubuntu versions.
For the current "unstable" version 0.9.38 is available:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail
I think it should be possible to install this in 15.10.

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): Ah, you mean for already released Ubuntu versions. For the current "unstable" version 0.9.38 is available: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firejail I think it should be possible to install this in 15.10.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:21 -06:00

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@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

Although 15.10 is the latest stable version and I was wondering if there would be any way of having automatic updates through apt?

Would I be able to edit an apt sources.list file to install the xenial package in wily?

@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): Although 15.10 is the latest stable version and I was wondering if there would be any way of having automatic updates through apt? Would I be able to edit an apt sources.list file to install the xenial package in wily?

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2026-05-05 05:19:24 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

I'm not that familiar with Ubuntu, but they also support apt pinning:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): I'm not that familiar with Ubuntu, but they also support apt pinning: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:27 -06:00

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@genodeftest commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

apt pinning could work, but it won't work for long since libc and gcc get updates, so you probably shouldn't rely on that. If you want updates to old releases¹ you probably need a custom PPA or just use a distribution with less strict update policies.

¹: In Ubuntu terms every release is "old" a few months before it is being released because its packaging policy doesn't allow updates from that time on.

@genodeftest commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): apt pinning could work, but it won't work for long since libc and gcc get updates, so you probably shouldn't rely on that. If you want updates to old releases¹ you probably need a custom PPA or just use a distribution with less strict update policies. ¹: In Ubuntu terms every release is "old" a few months before it is being released because its packaging policy doesn't allow updates from that time on.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:30 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

If you are interested, I created a Firejail PPA for wily here:
https://launchpad.net/~deki/+archive/ubuntu/firejail

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): If you are interested, I created a Firejail PPA for wily here: https://launchpad.net/~deki/+archive/ubuntu/firejail

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:32 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

@fbis251 You could also request a backport: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): @fbis251 You could also request a backport: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:34 -06:00

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@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016):

@reinerh The PPA is working great! Thank you.

@fbis251 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2016): @reinerh The PPA is working great! Thank you.

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2026-05-05 05:19:35 -06:00

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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2016):

Thanks @reinerh

@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2016): Thanks @reinerh

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:36 -06:00

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@qazip commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2018):

@reinerh, have you stopped updating the ppa? Latest version of firejail was released almost 20 days ago. The ppa has still a version released 6 months ago.

@qazip commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2018): @reinerh, have you stopped updating the ppa? Latest version of firejail was released almost 20 days ago. The ppa has still a version released 6 months ago.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 05:19:39 -06:00

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@reinerh commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2018):

@qazip sorry, I've now uploaded the current release for the last two LTS versions.

@reinerh commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2018): @qazip sorry, I've now uploaded the current release for the last two LTS versions.

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