Help - running into trouble updating Xubuntu

[Claudio Clemens]

2006-11-21, 18:51 +0100, Carsten Agger:
> Claudio Clemens wrote:
> > 2006-11-18, 21:49 +0100, Carsten Agger:
> >> Carsten Agger wrote:
> >>> I'm running Xubuntu dapper and trying to update to Edgy.
> >>>
> >> Pls. can somebody help I don't know how to get any further
> >> and I don't know if it's safe to boot my computer or not ...
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I managed to upgrade xubuntu, but it was with lots of trouble.
> > 
> > The best way is to do that not under X. So go to the console with
> > "CTR-ALT-F1", login and get root:
> > 
> 
> The problem I had was consistently that I couldn't update the x11-common
> package.
> 
> The reason was that it conflicted with another package, called xli,
> in universe.

Exactly that package caused the problem to me too... yes!

> The solution was to disable universe and multiverse while upgrading.
> 
> So, here's a tip: BEFORE DOING A DIST-UPGRADE, DISABLE UNIVERSE AND
> MULTIVERSE REPOSITORIES
> (and all unofficial repositories, but that goes without saying).

I didn't do that. I just deinstalled some packages, and the reinstalled
then later.

Did you get the upgrade done now?

Claudio

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