Problem with UPGRADING

[Yanni Enya]

Joel,

I am brand new to this. I do not know linux.  How do I edit a system file it
tells me it is read only.  How do I enter with admin rights ?


On 8/4/07, Joel Goguen <jtgoguen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yanni Enya wrote:
> > ALL,
> >
> > I have installed all the updates from 6.06 -> 7.04 and yet when I run
> > lsb_release -r , I  still get 6.06
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> > What can I do?
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> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change "dapper" to "edgy" and run 'sudo
> apt-get dist-upgrade' and reboot.
>
> When that's done, edit the same file, and change "edgy" to "feisty" and
> run 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' again, and reboot again.
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> Maybe it's possible to go directly from "dapper" to "feisty" but
> upgrading without skipping versions is typically safer.
>
>
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> Joel Goguen
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