Problem during upgrade from 08.04 LTS to 10.04.1 LTS

[Fredrik Jonson]

Jay Ridgley wrote:
 
>  I am attempting to upgrade one of my systems from 08.04 LTS [and] the
>  following message appears:
> 
>  E:Couldn't configure pre-depend jre for openoffice.org-writer2latex,
>  probably a dependence cycle.'

In cases like this one you can probably uninstall the offending package and then
attempt the upgrade again.

Though, as mentioned, I'm not sure a upgrade over two versions is a great idea,
see the upgrade documentation:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes

I recommend doing a backup and starting over with a fresh install instead of
upgrading a such old release. It's a great opportunity to relieve the computer
of old cruft too.

-- 
Fredrik Jonson