how to upgrade from 6.06 to 6.06.1 using apt
yonas Abraham
yabraham2 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 16 00:01:08 UTC 2006
On 8/15/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:10:09 -0400
> "yonas Abraham" <yabraham2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 8/14/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:39:21 -0500
> > > "Christofer C. Bell" <christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > but my /etc/lsb-release shows 6.06 even after sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > > >
> > > > That's correct. 6.06.1 is simply numbered that way to differentiate
> > > > the ISO. It's really 6.06 with all the patches already applied
> > > > through the date the ISO was released. The operating system itself is
> > > > still 6.06.
> > >
> > > Not so. Or rather, not _quite_ so with regard to lsb_release reporting. My
> > > up-to-date install (with all updates applied etc via apt ) shows
> > >
> > > $ lsb_release -a
> > > No LSB modules are available.
> > > Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> > > Description: Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
> > > Release: 6.06
> > > Codename: dapper
> > >
> > > So the "Description" field shows that it is 6.06.1 , as shown above.
> > >
> > > Perhaps the OP does not have a full set of URLs in /etc/apt/sources.list ?
> > > I would think he would need at least dapper-updates and dapper-security in
> > > addition to main, restricted /et al/ .
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > well, here is the uncommented part from my /etc/apt/source-list
> > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
> > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
> > universe multiverse
> > deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main
> > restricted universe multiverse
> > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
> > universe multiverse
> >
> > and
> > ~$ sudo apt-get update
> > ~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Calculating upgrade...Done
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> >
> > ~$ lsb_release -a
> > No LSB modules are available.
> > Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> > Description: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
> > Release: 6.06
> > Codename: dapper
> >
> > so what am I missing then?
>
> $ grep dapper-updates /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ubuntu dapper-updates main
> restricted universe multiverse
> deb-src http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ubuntu dapper-updates main
> restricted universe multiverse
>
> (Ignore the line wrap - just to show what you are missing )
>
> You don't seem to have any "dapper-updates" in your list.
>
> So I suspect you are getting security updates but no "new and different"
> stuff - including the updates that would bring you to 6.06.1.
>
> I suggest adding or uncommenting the dapper-updates lines, which in your
> case would look something like
>
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
> universe multiverse
>
>
Thank you every one. I was missing the dapper-updates from my
source-list. Now every thing looks good
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