Re: ppa does not offer me latest package

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 9:03 AM, John C. <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have added the ppa's keys and updated, yet when I try to install
> octave I don't get the latest version in the repository. I only get
> version 3.8. What might be wrong?
>
> Regards,
> John
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Hi John,

You will get answers faster if you mail the whole community (CC).
Are you sure that you are installing from the ppa and not from the
default repositories?
What version of ubuntu do you have?