Breezy upgrade over Hoary

Steve bassix at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 18:36:57 UTC 2005


> You can use Synaptic to find things like this. Choose Settings >
> Repositories and take out the backports repositories. Then choose
> Settings > Filters and use the filters in the Other column to get a
> list of backport packages. Quite likely the "Not (no longer)
> installable" filter will work, but I can't say that for sure. You'll
> have to experiment.
>
> The advice to back up everything first should be heeded. There are a
> lot of threads around here about how to back up and restore your system
> (it's pretty easy). You should especially back up your home directory,
> because that probably has all your important stuff in it.
> --
> wylfing

Thanks for the instructions. I will definitely check out Synaptic.

-Steve.
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