On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:24:18 -0500
Alec Story
I think this will depend a lot on what you mean by "newest." If you really want an up-to-the-minute system, you'll of course have to compile it from yourself, out of the version control system. You might be able to install the build dependencies easily using apt-get build-deps.
Let's say I'd like to have a ghc 7.0x on Ubuntu Lucid. It seems that Lucid has ghc6 by default.
Of course, if you're happy with the debs in the repository, you can just install those through apt-get normally. If you're trying to backport newer debs to an older version of Ubuntu, that can be done, but will require some work, and may not be very easy if the new versions have dependencies on new versions of other packages.
You mean I would need to backport the ghc for Lucid if I like to have a ghc 7.0x with Lucid? -- Manfred