Update fails

[Karl Larsen]

On 04/23/2010 05:50 PM, william drescher wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      
>
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>    
         It was a reading error on my part. I thought he wanted to 
upgrade his current version. Seems he wanted to update to the next 
version! I think he should wait 2 weeks and then get the real 10.04 
version and update to that. I use that and it is cool!


73 Karl


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