my server has as operation system: Ubuntu 12.04.05 LTS.
Because my goal is to generate some .tex-files on my server I installed TeX Live. So I executed this command in the shell:
apt-get install texlive -full
It installed about 1.7 Gb.
When I now execute the following:
tex --version
It get the information:
TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) kpathsea version 5.0.0 Copyright 2009 D.E. Knuth. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the TeX copyright and the Lesser GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING and the TeX source. Primary author of TeX: D.E. Knuth.
And this is what I don't understand, why isn't there the newer version of TeX Live?
Greetings
why isn't there the newer version of TeX Live?
Packages for example the linux kernel don't get major version updates during a ubuntu release because of stability reasons.
Maybe you can use the tex live Backports (https://launchpad.net/~texlive-backports/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) to install a newer version.
After adding the ppa to your system you can install the newer version:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install texlive-full