I am new to debian. What bothers me is that apt-get install shows just really old versions of everything. E. g. Eclipse Galileo but currently it's Juno and imho there was Helios and Indigo in between. And gcc is 4.2 but I need at least 4.6 for c++11 features.My question ist how can I get apt-get to show me new versions of the programs?
Get current versions of applications via apt-get
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Debian stable is exactly that, stable. It achieves this by using well tested software, well tested being synonymous with used for a long time, usually backporting security fixes instead of updating to a new version once frozen. Debian stable isn't concerned with the latest and greatest software, it's concerned with being reliable.If you want to have newer software, you probably want to check out the testing or unstable branches (most likely, the latter). You can change to unstable by following the instructions on the Debian wiki.