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Posted: **Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:49 am**

I must be missing something simple but no matter what, I can't find Banshee 2.6.1 through repositories. I've confirmed the problem on both the system I upgraded to Mint 15 Olivia 64-bit and and a VM of a fresh install of the same.

I've added the ppa and updated the repositories, verified the entries are enabled in software sources and the authentication key is there. Still no matter what, I can't find the 2.6.1 package through apt-get or Synaptics.

I was able to work around this by finding the deb package from ubuntuupdates.org and installed it but I would like to know what I'm doing wrong that I can't get it from the normal repositories. I've verified through packages.ubuntu.com that it is there. I've also enable Backported packages, unstable packages, and source code repositories to see if that was the problem and the only version I see is 2.6.0.

Please, suggestions would be appreciated.

My repo files.....

Sources.list
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu raring-removed apps games

Official-Package-Repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia main upstream import backport romeo

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner

Posted: **Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:34 am**

The command `apt-cache policy banshee` shows you why this is.

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banshee:
  Installed: 2.6.0-2linuxmint1
  Candidate: 2.6.0-2linuxmint1
  Version table:
     2.6.1-1ubuntu1.2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     2.6.1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
 *** 2.6.0-2linuxmint1 0
        700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ olivia/upstream amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

As you can see, Banshee is included in the Linux Mint repository also and that has a higher priority than the Ubuntu repository. To install 2.6.1 you need to indicate you want it from the Ubuntu repository. As to why it is also in the Linux Mint repository I'm not 100% sure, but I believe adjustments are made to share part of the revenue for any online purchases in Banshee with the Linux Mint project. Switching to Banshee from the Ubuntu repository will cancel that.

To install Banshee from the Ubuntu repository:

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sudo apt-get install banshee/raring-updates

Posted: **Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:09 am**

Worked! Thanks for being so informative as well. With that tidbit of info I was able to find out how to force install a version through Synaptics and change the priority too. Your help is appreciated.

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