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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

http://www.cgal.org/FAQ.html#debian_packages
might help.

Sebastien.

On 07/31/2015 03:38 PM, Alegre, Raquel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m trying to install CGAL’s latest version (4.6) in a Linux Mint machine.
> I’ve tried with:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> Sudo apt-get install libcgal-dev
>
> But it installs 4.2 instead:
>
> > > apt-cache policy libcgal-dev
> libcgal-dev:
>    Installed: 4.2-5ubuntu1
>    Candidate: 4.2-5ubuntu1
>    Version table:
>   *** 4.2-5ubuntu1 0
>          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64
> Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>       3.9-1build1 0
>          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse amd64
> Packages
>
>
>
> I see 4.6 can be installed from source, but I’ve tried and failed
> miserably. Is there an apt-get way to install it? Perhaps I’m missing
> something?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Raquel