Hi Peter, System Administratiion updates manager (first install updates then upgrad) New distribution 7.10 is available "UPGRADE BUTTON" click and eventually ... Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/free/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/dists/feisty/non-free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
So I can not update to Gutsy. Regards Ian. On Thu, 2007-06-12 at 14:28 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 21:28 -0500, Ian Chapman wrote: > > > Hi Al, you are right. I should update and it is easy in Ubuntu since > > the update manager has a button Upgrade. It would have been really > > simple and fast only error 404 at nearly the end "failed to fetch > > http://mdeibuntu-sos-sts.com/repo/dist/feisty/free/binary-amd64/Packages.gs > > same for binary, sources and non free source". Feisty is the current > > distro and should I not be getting Gutsy the new distro? The site seems to > > be up and alive, just needs a little tweak; I guess I should try again > > tomorrow. Regards Ian. > > That upgrade button just pulls in new security fixes etc.. unless you > change the sources list as below. > > The medibuntu ("medibuntu", not "mdeibuntu" as in that url you pasted) > repository moves occasionally, presumably because it hosts libdvdcss > stuff etc.. which administrators might get nervous of distributing from > their site. > > Perhaps you have a typo in your /etc/apt/sources.list or you just made a > typo in the email. > > > > First edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list to change to the new > > > version. > > > > > > Then "apt-get update" > > > > > > Then "apt-get dist-upgrade" > > > > > > If you advance by one, it should go pretty smooth. If you wait, > > > and are several behind, it is more likely that something will > > > require more attention. > > Updating by one version is officially supported. Anything else is not. > > There are some possible instructions here: > > http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/upgrade-ubuntu-from-feisty-to-gutsy/ > > > > You should be doing "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" > > > regularly anyway to catch security fixes, even if you don't > > > change /etc/apt/sources.list. > > You shouldn't really need to... > > Ubuntu will have asked you at some point how often you want it to > background check for updates / fixes, and whether to automatically apply > them or not. If not, the preferences are in > "System->Administration->Software sources (->Updates)" > > I personally set to download every day, but like to confirm their > installation, and know what has changed (in case something breaks). > You'll see a little orange icon (with a star?) in the task-bar notifying > you of updates. > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user