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First off, thank you to all the great questions and easy to follow how to(s) on this site. Great community answers here.
This is my first time using Ubuntu so I really need easy to follow directions.

My main issue is that this is a HTPC on a laptop and when I use the laptop and open and close the screen, my sound for HDMI switches to laptop speakers and not back. I have read some work arounds for this here but as I understand pulseaudio 9.0 has been released and fixes this issue.

So, how can I (hopefully easily) upgrade my Ubuntu from 8.0 to 9.0?

Is this a bad idea?

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.1

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The easiest method is to download the .deb file and install.

As you can see here, version +9.0 is available from official repositories (main) for both Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04. Let's say you want to use the latest stable, for 17.04:

  1. Download the package from here, from the "Builds" subsection, according to your architecture. For this answer, I will assume you are using x86_64. The file is this one.

  2. In a terminal, run the following:

    sudo dpkg -i /path/to/pulseaudio_9.0-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb

  3. Now, to fix dependencies problems, run:

    sudo apt-get -f install

That's it.

Another, more complex method, is through Apt-Pinning. Check this or this. I can add a guide to the answer if you want, but the above method should be enough.

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