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upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 13:10:37 
I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean
install because
I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to go
through that
again.

So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the
mo.

Baz


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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
user name
 2007-04-17 13:40:19 
On 4/17/07, baz <baza41gmail.com> wrote:
> So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at
the mo.
>
> Baz

Hi Baz,

Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure the
upgrade
will be fine for you, but the usual disclaimers apply.
There's always
that remote possibility that your box doesn't boot back up
after
upgrading.


- From Gnome, press <Alt>+<F2>
- Type the following into the run box:
      gksudo 'update-manager -c -d'
- Click "Upgrade" in the top right corner of the
Update Manager.
- Wait a minute or so for it to do some magic.
- Click "Upgrade".
- Go grab a hot beverage, for me it was a 800MB download,
and then
another 30 mins or so upgrade.



Now before you do this (and I hope you've read to the bottom
of the
email before starting ), there
is another option. Use the command
line:

dpkg --get-selections > savedprograms

Save this 'savedprograms' file safe - maybe email it to
yourself.

On your new install, you can run:

sudo dpkg --set-selections < savedprograms
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade


This will install all of your previous programs. If you have
your home
directory on it's own partition, and can preserve it, then
you're left
with a system that is very close to you had previously.



Hope this helps.

Kris

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 14:21:57 
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 19:10 +0100, baz wrote:
> I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean
install because
> I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to
go through that
> again.
> 
> So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at
the mo.

http
s://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 14:31:51 

B-3 wrote:
> 
> I want to upgrade to Fiesty, I don't want to do a clean
install because
> I've installed a fair bit of stuff and I don't want to
go through that
> again.
> 
> So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at
the mo.
> 
> Baz
> 

I would expect it to be the same as the Dapper > Edgy
upgrade described
here:
https:
//help.ubuntu.com/community/EdgyUpgrades

(gksu "update-manager -c" )

I upgraded to Edgy using this method wthout problems,
however the total
amount the upgrade downloaded was around 1GB

Hope this helps

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
user name
 2007-04-17 13:37:12 
Kris Marsh wrote:
> On 4/17/07, baz <baza41gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running
Edgy at the mo.
>>
>> Baz
>>     
>
> Hi Baz,
>
> Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure
the upgrade
> will be fine for you, but the usual disclaimers apply.
There's always
> that remote possibility that your box doesn't boot back
up after
> upgrading.
>
>
> - From Gnome, press <Alt>+<F2>
> - Type the following into the run box:
>       gksudo 'update-manager -c -d'
> - Click "Upgrade" in the top right corner of
the Update Manager.
> - Wait a minute or so for it to do some magic.
> - Click "Upgrade".
> - Go grab a hot beverage, for me it was a 800MB
download, and then
> another 30 mins or so upgrade.
>
>
>
> Do you have to edit the sources.list to point to the
new release ?
>   


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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 14:37:46 
> (gksu "update-manager -c" )

Hey.

Can anyone point we towards any documentation for the
switches used
after update-manager ? -c -d  etc....

Chris

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
user name
 2007-04-17 14:40:11 
On 4/17/07, Chris Rowson <christopherrowsongmail.com> wrote:
> > (gksu "update-manager -c" )
>
> Hey.
>
> Can anyone point we towards any documentation for the
switches used
> after update-manager ? -c -d  etc....

I got this by typing update-manager --help in a terminal:

Usage: update-manager [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --check-dist-upgrades
                        Check if a new distribution release
is available
  -d, --devel-release   Check if upgrading to the latest
devel release is
                        possible
  -p, --proposed        Try to run a dist-upgrade
  --dist-upgrade, --dist-ugprade
                        Try to run a dist-upgrade

-Eamonn

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 14:41:15 
On 4/17/07, ted <tedtrufflesdad.plus.com> wrote:
> > - From Gnome, press <Alt>+<F2>
> > - Type the following into the run box:
> >       gksudo 'update-manager -c -d'
[snip]
> Do you have to edit the sources.list to point to the
new release ?

No. update-manager does that for you automatically.

-Eamonn

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 14:45:36 
> I got this by typing update-manager --help in a
terminal:
>
> Usage: update-manager [options]

Thanks Eamonn - I guess I should have thought of that :-P
!!

Chris

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Re: upgrade to Fiesty
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 2007-04-17 16:00:16 
Stating the obvious, I know, but just a word of warning:
I've had
updates to a new release fail miserably, so be sure to back
up your data
beforehand in case the short cut turns out to be anything
but.


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