updating packages [SOLVED]

[albert]

Recently I have tried updating certain packages to the latest builds. In the first case, with pango-1.28.0 as I was told that an error occurring rendering text in Dia is linked to an older version. When I followed the instructions to build the package I got a series of errors. Is there a way to simply update to the latest version without downloading and building manually?
The next issue occured today with attemting to update to the latest version of Avogadro. This is the error:

~/avogadro-1.0.1/build $ cmake ../
-- The C compiler identification is GNU
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- The build type is Release
-- Performing Test HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY
-- Performing Test HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY - Success
-- Performing Test COMPILES_WITHOUT_FPERMISSIVE
-- Performing Test COMPILES_WITHOUT_FPERMISSIVE - Failed
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-2.6/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1432 (MESSAGE):
Qt qmake not found!
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:126 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

Once again, is there a way to have the package manager install the latest version?

[Kendall]

A lot of packages are codependent upon certain versions of either other. Until all necessary versions for all the dependencies have been built and tested it will not come through the update manager. The options here are to either manually install all of the dependencies as well, or to go ahead and debianize all the source code and maintain them in a separate repo.

[albert]

A lot of packages are codependent upon certain versions of either other. Until all necessary versions for all the dependencies have been built and tested it will not come through the update manager. The options here are to either manually install all of the dependencies as well, or to go ahead and debianize all the source code and maintain them in a separate repo.

Yes. With assistance, Avogadro was manually installed. I am working on finding out about Pango now.

[albert]

A lot of packages are codependent upon certain versions of either other. Until all necessary versions for all the dependencies have been built and tested it will not come through the update manager. The options here are to either manually install all of the dependencies as well, or to go ahead and debianize all the source code and maintain them in a separate repo.

I've installed Pango 1.28.0 but wonder: is the older version still in effect? Seems that the issue with script rendering in Dia is still present. How does one tell what version is being used for Pango etc.?

[albert]

Fresh install of LM9 (erased LM8 completely)
Install Dia from Synaptic Package Manager (maybe Pango has been updated ..)
Export in Dia of text on diagram which contains string which had issues prior (export to Cairo Portable Document Format)

Result: no problems rendering text

Note: Acrobat not installed as in last version