Upgrading from 10.04.1 to Maverick 10.10

[Basil Chupin]

On 12/10/2010 08:08, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 11/10/2010 22:26, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>      
>>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>        
>>>> I will do a clean install tomorrow. All my most "can't do without"
>>>> files (eg, Thunderbird, Mozilla, Documents..) are backed up - the
>>>> rest in /home are all replaceable.
>>>>
>>>> So, if you are thinking about upgrading or doing a clean install
>>>> consider the above.
>>>>          
>>> Yep, and also if you do an upgrade, make sure that you have a look
>>> at the progress from time to time because you may be asked if you
>>> want to keep individual config files or if they should be
>>> replaced. I don't think the upgrade continues while it is waiting
>>> for your answer.
>>>        
>> Thanks for the tip.
>>
>> But I don't really think that I will be doing an "upgrade". I will
>> simply do a clean install.
>>
>>   From where I sit, it would be a lot quicker. But that's from where I
>> sit :-) .
>>      
> Sure it is quicker for you and I don't want to change your mind. But the
> tip was also meant for others who might want to do an upgrade. And for
> me an upgrade is more convenient because I don't have to spend the time
> to find out which additional packages were installed and install them
> after a fresh install.
>    

Sure. As I said, Horses for courses.

I know exactly which additional apps I install so I don't even have to 
remember what they are as I have written them down in "my little black 
book" just in case I have a mental block.


>>>> I guess the best way of doing it is to start the Update Manager
>>>> and let it tell you what will happen and how long it will take to
>>>> do an upgrade (and with, in my case, some 12 packages no longer
>>>> supported, there will be debris sitting in your upgraded system).
>>>>          
>>> The debris is not a real problem iMHO. After the upgrade you will
>>> be asked if you want to keep the old packages if they are no
>>> longer available. You might as well find out that those packages
>>> are still available, just not in the main repository but in the
>>> universe repo.
>>>        
>> The packages may be removed[1], but what about the config files in,
>> say, /home and wherever? I've seen posts which suggest that such
>> files are not removed and may cause system hiccups.
>>      
> Hmm, I don't think that config files of applications that are no longer
> installed could cause system hiccups. I don't know about Gnome, but I
> haven't seen it happen with KDE.
>    

I have read comments in the past that debris from old installations has 
caused problems. But as I always install fresh I cannot really comment 
from experience.

Nevertheless, if, as the Update Manager now is telling me that there are 
some 12 packages no longer supported by Canonical - should I use the 
Update Manager to go from 10.04.1 to 10.10 - then I surely I must expect 
some debris sitting around somewhere. Debris is debris. It may not 
affect the running system but it is debris using up space.

But then, what do I know? :-)

However, I don't know if I made the situation clear: I downloaded <700MB 
as a CD iso, but then the Update Manager tells me that it will download 
800+MB to do the upgrade. But what is ~100MB between friends :-) .

BC

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