Can we resume upgradation of ubuntu
While downloading packages in synaptic package manager during upgradation of ubuntu from one version to another, can we resume the process to later time? Should upgradation must do in one go? Is there any harm if we resume downloading of packages?
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- Solved by:
- Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄
- Solved:
- 2006-12-14
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- 2006-12-14
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- 2006-12-14
| Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : | #1 |
If for any reason you stop the upgrade process the packages you have already downloaded will still be on your hard disk (under /var/cache/apt/) and when you restart it will carry on where it left off. It will not start all over again.
| Karthik. B (karthik-bhuvana) said : | #2 |
Do you mean it is safe if I stop the upgrade process in the middle and resume later from where I stopped?
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That depends. If it is just downloading, then yes. If it is in the middle of upgrading packages the probably not, no.
You can do a download-only to ensure you are only downloading and not updating.
sudo apt-get -d dist-upgrade
The "-d" will download only and not upgrade. When it is finished you can then use update manager to upgrade and it will not have to download anything.
| Karthik. B (karthik-bhuvana) said : | #4 |
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