>>>> Hi OpenSource Folks, >>>> I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.10 , but I was reluctant >>>> to do so because i have been using 9.10 version since long tym and have >>>> installed many packages on the way. I want to know how can I upgrade my >>>> Ubuntu version keeping all the packages as it is. " I just want to avoid >>>> the >>>> problem of re-downloading them from net as even I don't remember what all I >>>> have downloaded ". Can I get all the .deb packages from my system?
Most probably none of your packages will be affected as such, if you have installed them from Synaptic or some such package manager, and are upgrading from the same. But if you have done any installation from source/deb files manually (from console) or without using apt-get, it might not get removed, but might easily get messed up. Unless, you are interested in only "using" Linux or you don't have a good internet (unlimited download) connection, I would strongly suggest, make a backup and just barge in with the updates. Face the problems and get them solved, its a good learning (not all of them get solved though - I have on such ;) ) -- Lots o' Luv, Phani Bhushan Let not your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right - Isaac Asimov (Salvor Hardin in Foundation and Empire) Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
