Upgrade to 12.10 on x64

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 02/28/2013 10:20 AM, Walter Garcia-Fontes wrote:
> * Dave Woyciesjes, woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net [28/02/13 15:58]:
>> 	Well, I kicked off the upgraded yesterday, from 12.04 x64 to 12.10.
>> Now it's been hung on the screen installing upgrades part.
>> 	Under the progress bar, it's said "installed libept 1.4.12". IN the
>> terminal windowthe last line is"
>> flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.con/pool/partner/a/adobe-glashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.273.orig.tar.gz.
>>
>> 	Anyone else run into this?
>
> Yes, it happened to me, but I don't remember if it was for this
> version. I had to remove flahsplugin-installer and reinstall it after the
> upgrade completed.
>
> Usually when the upgrade hangs a combination at the terminal nof
>
> sudo apt-get install -f
>
> and
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> will complete the installation. If it tells you that "some packages
> have been retained" also copying the retained packages and using
>
> sudo apt-get install "retained packages"
>
> will also advance the upgrade, where "retained packages" is obviously
> the actual names of the retained packages.
>
> Once a
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo app-get upgrade
>
> tells you that nothing else has to be installed, you can do
>
> sudo apt-get autoremove
>
> to clean obsolete packages, restart and cross your fingers.
>
> Sorry anybody if this is not the right way and I will love to be
> corrected on how to complete the upgrade.
>

	Thanks... I haven't killed the upgrade process yet, wanted to see what 
others said.
	I'll give this a whirl...

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