Easy Version Upgrading

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 18:35, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Hi! I have a kubuntu dapper computer that I want to put edgy on. Is
> there any easy way to upgrade. I searched google, but I could only find
> "update-manager -c" for ubuntu, which requires that I install a lot of
> gnome libraries that I don't want. I tried manually changing the
> sources.list file on another system, but it was VERY painful. Is there
> an easy kubuntu-based way to upgrade? Thanks!

How about this....

open a Konsole window

Type:

cp /etc/apt/sources.list ~/

open Konqueror (your file manager)

Click on sources.list (this should open the file in Kate)

Use the replace function to replace dapper with edgy, save, and close the 
file.

Go back to your Konsole window and type:

sudo cp sources.list /etc/apt/
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Watch closely for any error messages.  You can copy and paste them into a text 
file for later review if necessary.  The errors may tell you are missing 
packages.  If so, once the upgrade is done, go back and install them using:

sudo aptitude install [package names here]

Then you should be done.

Scott K