jmeter package out of date [Solved]

[loneliboi]

After an apt update, jmeter version still shows up as 2.13-5 thats available in the repos[2], but according to their github[1], its at version 5.6.x
Is there any way we could get this updated to a more recent version?

Thanks!

[1]
https://github.com/apache/jmeter/

[2]
$ apt search --full '^jmeter$'
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
jmeter/stable,stable,now 2.13-5 all [installed]
Load testing and performance measurement application (main application)
Apache JMeter is a 100% pure Java desktop application designed to load test
functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for
testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.
.
This package contains the main application.

[j2mcgreg]

The 5.6.3 version is available as a flatpack in MXPI.

[loneliboi]

Thank you for the suggestion @j2mcgreg !
Got it installed, and it works
I couldn't get it to run via the terminal, with

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jmeter

, but I found it in the MX menu with the super key

I noticed that it runs with

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usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=jmeter-wrapper.sh org.apache.jmeter

instead.
Will there be any performance overheads using the flatpak instead of a native package?
--
As for the deb package that could be installable with apt, I found the debian package[1] that I think MX uses as well.
Is there a specific reason that the debian package is out of date? Would there be any benefits to spending time packaging the newest jmeter version and get it upstreamed or is it best left alone?



[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/jakarta-jmeter

[j2mcgreg]

I am not a developer so I can't say for sure, but the usual reason for a package being that far behind is that the current version won't build against the existing Debian base. Flatpacks get around this by providing their own encapsulated environment.
Any performance hit you might encounter when using a flatpack version of a package should be negligible and easily ignored.

[Stevo]

It's been 2.13 in Debian for years; apparently no maintainer has adopted the orphaned package. https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all