New update manager!!

shabazz kareem.shabazz at gmail.com
Fri Apr 21 06:43:45 UTC 2006


Does anyone get an error saying that one of the archives has a problem  
when upgrading to Dapper using "update-manager -d"? I've tried about 5  
times and everytime the same...I've just given up.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:28:58 -0400, Jean Hollis Weber  
<jean-ooo at taming-openoffice-org.com> wrote:

> Hey Daniel,
>> I was just reading the Dapper beta release notes:
>>  <quote>
>> A new version of the Update Manager application has entered  
>> breezy-updates which can upgrade your entire system in a few simple  
>> steps.
>> </quote>
>> [...]
>>  The gist of it is: Now you can upgrade to Dapper right from the update  
>> manager! When Dapper comes out the update manager gives you the message  
>> "New distribution release 'dapper' is available". You click "Upgrade"  
>> and off it goes.
>
> When I upgraded from Hoary to Breezy, I'm sure I didn't do anything  
> much. I don't recall just what I did, but I do know it was easy and I  
> didn't have to edit any files.
>
> I remember (possibly wrongly) the computer (probably the Update Manager)  
> saying the equivalent of "hey, do you want to update your Ubuntu  
> system?" and I said the equivalent of "yes" and it all just happened. At  
> some point I may have had to reboot the computer, but that was it.
>
> So I'm kinda wondering if this is really new for upgrading to Dapper, or  
> if it's already there for upgrading to Breezy. Since I didn't yelp to  
> you for help when I upgraded to Breezy, something easy must have been in  
> place.
>
> Whatever the case, it's definitely good news for clueless users like me!
>
> Cheers, Jean
>



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