Upgrade to Hory

Paul J. Thompson PaulT at SailingWithoutAsound.com
Thu Jan 27 22:31:08 UTC 2005


Thanks Eric, one more question where do I point Synaptic/apt-get to? And 
to be safe, please spell out the required commands.

Thanks,

Paul

Eric Dunbar wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:30:49 +1300, Paul J. Thompson wrote:
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>
>>Hi can anyone please tell me or direct me the info, how to upgrade from
>>Warty to Hory. Be aware that while I am a DP professional, I am a Linux
>>newbe.
>>    
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>
>How to get to Hoary from Warty:
>
>General:
><http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HoaryHedgehog>
>Specific:
><http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/GuideToHoary>
>
>Some things to try if things go wrong once you've got Hoary working
>(long title... feel free to shorten it to something more usable):
><http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HoaryAnUpgradeLeftGNOMEOrHoaryUnusableOrBrokeItHowToFixIt>
>
>FYI Paul: if you do run into problems with Hoary (once you get it
>working the first time), don't despair. Chances are it's a problem
>that _everyone_ has and will be fixed post-haste by an apt-get
>upgrade. If you end up with a non- or poorly-functioning Hoary, first
>try restarting X (logout and back in, or, if X has crashed,
>ctrl-alt-Delete (back space), if that doesn't clear things up then
>restart your computer (sudo reboot from a terminal e.g. ctrl-alt-F1),
>and, if you still have problems, use sudo apt-get update and sudo
>apt-get upgrade (or sudo apt-get dist-upgrade)
>
>[what's the difference b/t dist-upgrade and just upgrade from
>apt-get's point of view?]
>
>Eric.
>
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