Ubuntu sources problems

[Ashley Benton]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:05 PM, steve <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:

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> Ashley Benton wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to install Ubuntu on my son's computer. Everything went fine
> > except that I can't update since I seem to have a problem with the
> > address of the sources. Security and regular updates don't work. Would
> > it be possible to remove the sources I have (from a 6.10 dvd) and
> > specify 7.10 sources? If it is how can I find the address of the sources?
> > I have in the idea of deleting the actual sources and adding new ones
> > but I have no idea how to find the new ones?
> > Your help would be appreciated
> > Thank you
> > Meg
> >
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> if you installed 6.10, I may be wrong, but I believe that is not
> supported any longer.  Thats why your update sources arent working....
> I would upgrade it to 7, then 8.  I dont think you can go from 6 to 8,
> even if you can I wouldnt do it myself.
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> update-manager -d
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> as root if you want to try it.


That was the first thing that I tried by opening the update manager. It
doesn't work (Authentificating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem
with the network or with the server) If 6.10 is not supported anymore that
could be why.
That is why I wanted to change the sources. I was thinking that this way I
would be able to upgrade to 7.04, then 7.10, then 8.04.
Right now I am trying to downloads 7.10 to burn it on dvd. If that works,
I'll update to 8.04 from here.
If there is a way to change the sources and then upgrade that could be
faster that is why I wanted to try but I don't know exactly how.
Thank you
Meg

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