Linux Mint woes

[Colin Law]

On 1 July 2015 at 15:22, michael norman <michaeltnorman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: Linux Mint woes
> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:03:39 +0100
> From: michael norman <michaeltnorman at gmail.com>
> To: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
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> On 07/01/2015 02:34 PM, Colin Law wrote:
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>> On 1 July 2015 at 14:17, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
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>>> I'd love to like Linux but why is it such a struggle????
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>>> Running a dual boot Win 7 x64/Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca 64 bit system and
>>> previously installed get_iplayer v2.92 on the Linux partition. It's
>>> Wimbledon, the season of humungous file sizes so I turn to Linux to do
>>> the
>>> honours without burping on the large files...... so I try to install GiP
>>> v2.94. It finally works (after I've ripped out what little I have left of
>>> my
>>> hair)... until I boot up today and find the system is on v2.92 ???????
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>>> Can someone please explain in monosyllabic step by step terms what I need
>>> to
>>> do to update to v2.94 please?
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> https://squarepenguin.co.uk/wiki/installation/ubuntu/

+1 to using the ppa

@OP if you installed gip from the standard repository then you should
just need to add the ppa and update to get the latest.  If you
installed by a manual method then remove whatever you have installed
and follow the instructions in the link.

Colin