ubuntu 24 (and most likely debian 12) does not allow to install evolve

[Dr Rainer Woitok]

Uwe,

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:27:53 +0200 you wrote:

> ...
> I finally gave up, to compile my own mercurial version  and installed mercurial as provided by Ubuntu, which is 6.7.2

Why?   You need a few dependencies  like "python", "python-dev" and "py-
thon-docutils" (for the man-pages), and then you just need to run

   $ cd ~/my/local/mercurial     # Or wherever you want the respository.
   $ hg clone https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg-stable
   $ make local doc
   $ cd ~/bin                # Or wherever your personal scripts reside.
   $ ln -s ~/my/local/mercurial/hg .
   $ cd ~/man              # Or wherever your personal man-pages reside.
   $ ln -s ~/my/local/mercurial/doc/*.[1-9] .
   $ ~/bin/hg version

Sincerely,
  Rainer