No Linux/Debian/Ubuntu PPA for Electrum?

[allgoodthings1]

One of the things I've liked so much about running a full bitcoin node on my Ubuntu machine is having an official PPA for Bitcoin Core.  https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin  It is so nice to have the software auto-updated every time a new version is released!

I'm thinking of switching to Electrum; but, I've looked for reference to a similar mechanism for downloading/updating Electrum and not found anything.  Am I missing it somewhere?

[allgoodthings1]

Recently I found Electrum in the repository of Linux Mint 17 -- but it's version 1.9.7-1! And it's not updating to any later version!

Could someone with the connection and know-how update this PPA with the current version?

[Abdussamad]

You'll find 1.9.8 in the debian jessie repos:

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/electrum

IMO it is better to install it from the electrum website where you can get the latest version.  Installing and updating is easy with python pip. You don't necessarily have to update each time a new version comes out. Only if there is a critical bug or you need a new feature that has just been introduced.

[allgoodthings1]

"IMO it is better to install it from the electrum website where you can get the latest version."

My problem with this is that it does not integrate Electrum into the Debian shell handlers, so that
1) the program does not update automatically when new versions are released, and
2) it cannot be removed [program and user files] if a problem arises and that's necessary.

The jesse PPA is woefully outdated (version 1.9.8-4) and with noted problems, as well.

Ubuntu and other Debian variants of Linux are by far its most ubiquitous platforms. It seems to me they deserve an install/update mechanism that fully works for them.

[Abdussamad]

"IMO it is better to install it from the electrum website where you can get the latest version."

My problem with this is that it does not integrate Electrum into the Debian shell handlers, so that
1) the program does not update automatically when new versions are released, and
2) it cannot be removed [program and user files] if a problem arises and that's necessary.

The jesse PPA is woefully outdated (version 1.9.8-4) and with noted problems, as well.

Ubuntu and other Debian variants of Linux are by far its most ubiquitous platforms. It seems to me they deserve an install/update mechanism that fully works for them.

Please read the third paragraph of my post above as well. Updating is easy with pip. Unless someone volunteers to maintain a newer version of electrum for ubuntu or debian installing from the electrum website is the best way forward IMO.

Debian repos are not ppa. Those are personal package archives created by ubuntu users for that distro. They may or may not be trustworthy. Debian repos are maintained by debian developers and thoroughly tested by users around the world. As a result they tend to be older versions because all that takes time.