FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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AwesomeCronk
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FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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I am setting up my system after moving to Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) and I cannot find a way to install FreeCAD 0.19 without using the AppImages from the releases page on GitHub. I would prefer to use APT, but the freecad package only has 0.18.4 and the freecad-daily package only has 0.20.pre. Is there a PPA or such where I can get 0.19.2?
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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Re: FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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That says to just use APT and the freecad package. As I said, that package is not at version 0.19.2.
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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click expand on the ubuntu title and read the stable ppa segment
CLI
Install the stable PPA via the Command Line Interface (CLI):

1. Add the PPA to your software sources:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable
2. Retrieve the updated package lists:
sudo apt update
3. Then install FreeCAD along with its offline documentation:
sudo apt install freecad freecad-doc
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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Ah, that's not very well highlighted. Thank you!
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19.2 on APT?

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I agree, that the "Expand" link is not very seen. And that thing confused me at the first time too. Maybe it would be worth somehow to highlight it then?
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