Update fails

[william drescher]

On 4/23/2010 7:56 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>           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
>
>
What is the difference between "upgrade" and "update"

bill