Updating Python Packages on Ubuntu/Debian

If you need to update a Python package included in an old distribution, it's pretty straightforward to do if a more recent distribution includes the version you want.


First, you can show the currently installed version of the package. E.g.

sudo dpkg -s python-django-south

Find the version you want in a more recent distribution. E.g. browse here...

http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/

and download:

wget http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/ubuntu//pool/universe/p/python-django-south/python-django-south_0.7.3-1_all.deb

Finally, manually install the DEB. E.g.

sudo dpkg --install python-django-south_0.7.3-1_all.deb