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how do I upgrade ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10?

Asked by Bullwinkle

I have tried synaptic manager and add/remove and pop-up indicates up to date. Even tried to force version to no avail. any help welcome. thanks

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

Have you seen this page:-

http://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyUpgrades

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#2

yes, and I the update manager indicates up to date. Does not seem to want to update to 6.10.

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#3

Also when I attempt to run update in terminal I get this new message, ("apt API not stable yet",ect...

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#4

Did you open a terminal and type:

gksu "update-manager -c"

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#5

BTW, are you upgrading to 6.10 so you can then upgrade to 7.04? If so, I might suggest just installling 7.04 fresh. It is quite fast and you will limit your problems. Of course, the big problem is backing up if you don't have /home on it's own partition (and even if you do you should back up). It's an option but I think the ubuntu people would like to see update manager work well.

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#6

yes to both questions. I would like to install v.7.04 but I thought I had to install v.6.10 first. this is the only os on this pc. also when I use terminal and use gksu "update-manager" now I have a error message,"apt API not stable yet",ect... So I guess my next question is can I Install 7.04 from a cd over this current version?

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#7

Yes, you can always install from CD but that will COMPLETELY erase everything on the partition to which you install. If that is okay, then go for it. If you have things you want to keep be sure to back them up. If you do end up reinstalling from scratch then I would suggest creating a partition for /home so that all your personal files and configurations are separate from the partition holding the OS. That way you can reinstall the OS and not touch your personal files. It makes upgrading easy and it also allows for reinstalling should you need to (I break my system from time to time:))

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#8

Thanks!! I to break my system from time to time also and thats why I was trying to update, what ever I did 6.06 would not even boot from my orginal cd. I will try Your suggestions and see how it goes. Thanks again

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#9

Check this page for some info on doing a separate /home

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Good luck.

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#10

found another problem, cd drive just failed, sounds like my coffee grinder. This might be why the boot cd would not work. Looks like its off to the pc store, then try to boot again.

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#11

Don't you love technology. If it's not one thing, it's another. Let us know how it goes.

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#12

Just why at the same time. Will post results here after shopping spree!!

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Bullwinkle (bullwinkle54) said : 		#13

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#14

Glad I could help. Hope you enjoy feisty. I think it's quite nice.