Update fails

[william drescher]

On 4/23/2010 11:57 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 04/23/2010 03:58 AM, william drescher wrote:
>> On 4/22/2010 3:54 PM, sdavmor wrote:
>>> On 04/22/2010 03:29 AM, william drescher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Do the whole thing in a terminal and see if it works better :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo aptitude update
>>>>>
>>>>> then
>>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo apptiude upgrade
>>>>>
>>>>> Please report back if this works for you ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Karl
>>>>
>>>> I started with 9.04, and did as you suggested. All went without
>>>> apparent error, a new kernel was installed. At reboot it still
>>>> reports 9.04, I expected 9.10
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> bill
>>>
>>> Ah hah. The mistake you are making, Bill, is in thinking that kernel
>>> level = ubuntu release level. Updates will notify you of a new kernel
>>> that will work with your Ubuntu release level.
>>>
>>> If you want to do a release level upgrade that's a different issue
>>> entirely. You could do it via terminal:
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>>>
>>> Or you could do it from gui:
>>>
>>> 1) Alt-F2 (to get a "Run" box)
>>> 2) update-manager -d
>>>
>>> Update manager will do it's thing. You'll be told that there's a
>>> distribution upgrade available (new release 10.04). Which you can then
>>> launch. It will take a while. I suggest backing up anything that is
>>> deadly important first. Just in case.
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, I did not appreciate the difference between upgrade and
>> dist-upgrade.
>>
>> However, when I do this (cli - this is the server version) it
>> says 0 upgraded
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KarmicUpgrades
> [Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)]
>
> See 'man apt-get' and 'man aptitude' for 'dist-upgrade' and
> 'full-upgrade'. Plus:
> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/
> [Sometime it's easier to view/print/save]
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto


Thank you

bill