[Ubuntu-ZW] Ubuntu 11.04 upgrade

[Kalpesh Thaker]

Hi Guys..

Just to let you know that i have successfully upgraded my kubuntu desktop
from 10.10 to 11.04 using our
local repository..

If you would like to upgrade to the latest version which is due in the next
few days...you can follow the steps
below. you will need a very fast local connection to download the packages
from the local repository server.

when i ran the upgrade this morning, it needed to download approx 1.3gb of
data from the server.. which over
a fibre connection took about 4 mins. adsl, uhf and wimax may take much
longer.

*NB: before you do any of this.. make sure to backup your files, incase
something goes wrong.*

-to start an upgrade, you will need to use an application called
'update-manager'.
you can start it by running "*sudo update-manager*" from a terminal.

-if you do not have update-manager on your machine (kubuntu does not include
it) then you can install it by running
"*sudo apt-get install update-manager*"

-when update-manager opens, it'll do a check, and you should see a
notification that an upgrade to 11.04 is available.
click on this and the upgrade will start. the application will check for a
mirror, and should notify you that a mirror is not available,
and if you'd like to update your sources file with "natty". at that prompt,
just say yes. (if there is no upgrade available,
click settings, then go to updates, and change the "release upgrade" to
normal releases).

-the upgrade will then notify you again, with a list of files that will be
removed, upgraded and installed. once you
are happy with the changes being made, just click next/yes/continue. it will
then download the files and
upgrade your system. once it is finished, it'll prompt your for a reboot,
and then you are done.

be warned, the download and upgrade does take a while... in my case, 4
minutes to download, and 1 hour 40 mins
to upgrade.

also on another note, i tried this upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 only.... i am
not sure if this will work from 10.04 to 11.04.

kalpesh.
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