Kubuntu upgrade (Feisty->Gutsy) problems
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From: rvsjimbo on 7 Nov 2007 03:52 Hi, I'm just wondering if others have had problems upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy? And if so, how they got around it. If I run Adept, there is a "Version Upgrade" button, and when I click on it it says its downloading and verrifying the upgrade too, and that when I click on Finish that it will shut down Adept and start the upgrade. Only problem is that when I click on Finish, nothing happens. Is there a more foolproof way to upgrade? Thanks! Paul ~~~~
From: Geoffrey Clements on 7 Nov 2007 04:30 <rvsjimbo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1194425540.586356.117310(a)d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I'm just wondering if others have had problems upgrading from Feisty > to Gutsy? And if so, how they got around it. > > If I run Adept, there is a "Version Upgrade" button, and when I click > on it it says its downloading and verrifying the upgrade too, and that > when I click on Finish that it will shut down Adept and start the > upgrade. Only problem is that when I click on Finish, nothing happens. > > Is there a more foolproof way to upgrade? > I'm not an Ubuntu user but I do use Debian. You could also try Synaptic, Aptitude or apt, you could also do things by hand and use dpkg but I really wouldn't recommend that. Personally I use Aptitude on my servers but they don't have any X libraries. -- Geoff
From: Pedro Inácio on 7 Nov 2007 05:23 rvsjimbo(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just wondering if others have had problems upgrading from Feisty > to Gutsy? And if so, how they got around it. > > If I run Adept, there is a "Version Upgrade" button, and when I click > on it it says its downloading and verrifying the upgrade too, and that > when I click on Finish that it will shut down Adept and start the > upgrade. Only problem is that when I click on Finish, nothing happens. > > Is there a more foolproof way to upgrade? > > Thanks! > > Paul > ~~~~ It happened the same to me. You could do the upgrade from the command line: - start Konsole - type "kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list" - replace all instances of "feisty" with "gutsy" - save and exite Kate - type "sudo apt-get update" - type "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" this should work. But check first if have the package "kubuntu-desktop" installed - it should be, it's installed by default. I warn you tought, that some upgrades have broke my X server, and I ended up with a system that booted only to the command line. I then managed to make it work, but had to mess with the config's. It wasn't on the fesity to gutsy upgrade, but it happened in previous upgrades. If you are not confortable working in the console, maybe it's best to have a working feisty than a non-working gutsy. Pedro PS - sorry for any mistakes or typos, but english is not my main language
From: Ian on 7 Nov 2007 06:54 On 7 Nov, 08:52, rvsji...(a)gmail.com wrote: > I'm just wondering if others have had problems upgrading from Feisty > to Gutsy? And if so, how they got around it. I had none, but I chose to download the "alternative" CD and do the upgrade from that. Oh and it was straight Ubuntu, not Kubuntu. If that's no use at all, sorry. Ian
From: rvsjimbo on 7 Nov 2007 12:19
Hi Pedro! On Nov 7, 10:23 am, Pedro Inácio <pedro_ina...(a)netvisao.pt> wrote: > It happened the same to me. > You could do the upgrade from the command line: > - start Konsole > - type "kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list" > - replace all instances of "feisty" with "gutsy" > - save and exite Kate > - type "sudo apt-get update" > - type "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" > > this should work. But check first if have the package "kubuntu-desktop" > installed - it should be, it's installed by default. Apart from the usual problems with having to re-install the Nvidia driver, everything was fine - thank you very much for your help. Best Regards, Paul ~~~~ |