[ubuntu-in] Yet another dist upgrade query

[Onkar Shinde]

On 2/3/07, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bhasker C V wrote:
> > I definetly would like to see the experts advice on this
> > but AFAIK apt takes care of all these issues and must not really
> > matter if you are skipping an inbetween release. apt is one of the best
> > package management i have seen in all the linux distros.
>
> Yes - apt is definitely one of the coolest tools but one of the
> constraints is i will be upgrading from cd's / dvd's not online (not
> enough bandwidth)
>
> so the how would the dist upgrade react - ?? or should i upgrade first
> to 6.04 then to 6.10 - as opposed to a leap frog jump !!
>
> ram

Make sure that you have ubuntu-desktop package installed before
updating. It is a meta package that depends on all the default
installed packages. It will ensure a smooth transition from one
release to another (even if you skip one in between).

Also after dist-upgrade if you face any problem, try to identify the
package and then do a dpkg-reconfigure for that package. If in doubt
then do 'dpkg-reconfigure -a'.

Hope this helps.


Onkar
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