I've just re-installed Ubuntu at work and opted for the "Option 2 - easy install on some flavours of *nix". This involves adding a couple of lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and installing jEdit with the apt-get command or through the Synaptic Package Manager.

This works great... however it only installs the stable version of jEdit, not the latest version. Is there any way to get the bleeding edge with this method?