[Bug 877852] Re: samba failed to install when updating from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

[Guy Attfield]

To answer your questions:

    1. I don't know.  I'm not a Linux/Ubuntu guru and (at
    64) don't have the inclination to become one.
    2. As far as I know, the only route back to 10.04.4 LTS
    is to do a re-install from CD.

I let 10.04 install in a new partition (so I had XP, 11.10, 
and 10.04 all in separate partitions) moved all data files 
and sub-folders from the 11.10 partition to the 10.04 
partition.  After a couple of weeks, having backed up all my 
data files, I deleted the 11.10 partition and resized the 
new 10.04 partition.

I was tempted by rave reviews of Ubuntu 11 to break a 
career-long rule of "Never install the latest version of 
anything unless there is an over-riding reason to do so."  
which is a variation on "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  
I've decided to wait until 2013 before even thinking about 
'upgrading' to the next LTS version.

On 01/04/2012 22:10, Robin Young wrote:
> After attempting to upgrade  to Ubuntu 11.10 this morning I also received this same notice of a problem with 'samba'.
> After the upgrade continued, I receive a notice - something to the effect of ~ the install has failed and the system may now be unstable.
> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?
> How do I RESTORE my computer ??
>
> Do I need to Uninstall this upgrade - Is it POSSIBLE to UNinstall ?!?
> Why is this only of 'medium importance' if my system is now unstable.  It was working well before.
>
> Thanks.
>

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  samba failed to install when updating from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

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