Why doesn't GUI upgrade 6.10 to 7.04 work as documented?

[Mr. Obnibolongo]

WTH?

Anyway, this might be of some help.

If for some (extremely) odd reason your system thinks it's a LTS
release, it won't upgrade for a non-LTS version.

Be sure of having all packages updated first with
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

ONLY AFTER try:

gksu "update-manager -c -d"

For more info on update-manager options, try "update-manager --help".

WARNING: be sure to upgrade to the following version, in your case,
7.04; I do NOT know if using the -d will make update-manager do
something stupid like "jumping" to 8.04, which is still a Beta...

-- 
Mr. Obnibolongo


Qui, 2008-03-27 às 16:39 -0500, Kipton Moravec escreveu:
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 16:13 -0500, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> > I searched how to upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 to 7.04 and got two hits almost
> > exactly the same instructions,
> > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu-704-feisty-fawn-2.html
> > http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/03/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu.html
> > 
> > I looked on www.Ubuntu.com and could not find how to upgrade other than
> > download the CD.
> > 
> > Here were the instructions I followed:
> > ======================================
> > Upgrading Ubuntu Edgy to Ubuntu Feisty
> > 
> > Method 1 - Using GUI
> > 
> > If you want to upgrade using GUI use the following command
> > 
> > gksu “update-manager -c ”
> > 
> > “-c” switch tells it to look for upgrades at all.
> > 
> > You should see the following screen here Now you can see 7.04 is
> > available for upgrade click on upgrade.
> > =====================================
> > 
> > I opened a terminal window (I thought it was a GUI method).
> > 
> > and typed:
> > 
> > gksu “update-manager -c ”
> > 
> > this message was displayed:
> >   warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)
> > 
> > Then the software updates screen appeared similar to what the web page
> > showed, but there was no option to click to upgrade to 7.04. It says my
> > system is up to date.
> > 
> > What did I do wrong? This should be simple.
> > 
> > Kip 
> 
> 
> Looking farther I found this page:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyUpdatesEnabled
> 
> typing into a terminal window:
> dpkg -l update-manager
> 
> I get:
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii  update-manager 0.42.2ubuntu22 GNOME application that manages apt
> updates
> 
> So it looks like I have 0.42.2 not 0.45.2 as it says I need to do the
> upgrade.
> 
> The instructions say:
> =====================
> If you only want to update the update-manager package, open
> System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager and click on "Search",
> then type "update-manager". Verify in the "Latest Version" column that
> 0.45.2 is available and install it. If it is not available click on
> "Reload". If it is still not available after a reload, open
> Settings/Repositories and make sure that the "Internet
> Updates/Recommended updates" checkbox is checked. After a reload the
> update package will be available. 
> 
> ====================
> Mine says only 0.42.2 is available. Since there was a
> update-manager-core not installed, I installed it.
> 
> It did not make a difference.
> 
> I tried Reload and it is still not available.
> 
> I opened Settings/Repositories went to "Internet Updates"
> and there were three check boxes:
> 
> Check for updates automatically "Daily"
> Download Updates in the background, but do not install them
> Install Security Updates without conformation
> 
> The first two were checked the last was not. 
> I do not see "Internet Updates/Recommended updates" anywhere.
> 
> All my channels in Synaptic Package Manager say Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. Is that
> the problem? I thought the upgrade would update that.
> 
> Kip
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kipton Moravec KE5NGX
> "Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
> --Mark Twain
> 
> 
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