1.3.0 not available in synaptic package manager (only 1.2.1-3) (Support #459)

Sarah Rugheimer wrote:

When I use either sudo apt-get install auto-multiple-choice or synaptic package manager on Ubuntu (running 16.04) I see only the 1.2.1-3 build available.

That is normal. It is the version Ubuntu packages: http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/auto-multiple-choice

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexis.bienvenue/amc-stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install auto-multiple-choice

That should indeed install version 1.3.0-1~xenial1. Could you please paste here the output of this command?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexis.bienvenue/amc-stable

You need "amc" instead of "amc-stable".

Alexis Bienvenüe wrote:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexis.bienvenue/amc-stable

You need "amc" instead of "amc-stable".

I installed version 1.3.0-1 from "amc-stable". And that version is indeed listed in https://launchpad.net/~alexis.bienvenue/+archive/ubuntu/amc-stable

Oops yes you're right, my mistake!

So when I used the command line:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexis.bienvenue/amc-stable && sudo apt-get install auto-multiple-choice

the output was 1.2.1

Setting up auto-multiple-choice-common (1.2.1-3build1) ...
Setting up auto-multiple-choice (1.2.1-3build1) ...
Setting up auto-multiple-choice-doc (1.2.1-3build1) ...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexis.bienvenue/amc-stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install auto-multiple-choice

Then 1.3.0 was installed
Setting up auto-multiple-choice-common (1.3.0-1~xenial1) ...
Setting up auto-multiple-choice (1.3.0-1~xenial1) ...
Setting up auto-multiple-choice-doc (1.3.0-1~xenial1)

So the update was needed. And the update wasn't showing up as a possibility in synaptic package manager, I tried that first.

Thanks for the support and help! I love this little tool and plan to use it for a quiz tomorrow for my class of 110 students for the first time.
This issue is resolved.