How to install newer versions?

Software
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I love and use kicad. I have it installed on Ubunru 14.04 from software center.
I would like to install a version with interactive router.
I tried:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/ppa-kicad
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -V install kicad

but I still get old (BZR 4805 instead of 4874 or newer) when I lauch it.

Any help would be very much appreciated

2

Don’t know if the 14.04 builds are fixed now, but last week on 14.10 I was able to build from sources using automated script kicad-install.sh :
http://www.kicad.org/display/DEV/Building+KiCad+on+Linux

3

Thanks a lot. Unfortunately the script starts, works a while, but stops with:

Linking CXX static library libbitmaps.a
[ 37%] Built target bitmaps
make: *** [all] Errore 2

and I have absolutely no idea of how to fix it.
Will follow any further suggestion if you can do some.
thanks anyway.

4

Further: after I have added ppa:adamwolf/kicad-trusty-backports
restarted the script and got error a bit later:

Linking CXX static library libpotrace.a
[ 38%] Built target potrace
make: *** [all] Errore 2

5

Unfortunately this is already over my linux proficiency level… sorry…
Before there were no backports available, and the only easy way to deal with wxwidgets 3.0 was to upgrade my linux to 14.10. So I did and it just worked.

I know Chris Gammel was able to build on 14.4 LTS by following detailed guide as described in “The step by step way” here http://www.kicad.org/display/DEV/Building+KiCad+on+Linux

6

I got it! Fixing the problem was easier than i expected.
I just started terminal, went to the folder where I had the old kicad_install.sh and launched it.
It worked an got new (5449) kicad version working in about half an hour.
I wonder why new kicad_install.sh gives errors while my old version does not, but at least I have kicad running and updated. Thanks for help anyway.