James G. Sack (jim)([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:03:10PM -0700: > Stephen Boddy wrote: > > I recently started using Ubuntu 7.04. Is there a way to upgrade the OS to > > 7.10 (when it is released next week) without uninstalling 7.04? > > > > I have no personal experience with it, but there is a command > apt-get distro-upgrade > that is intended for this purpose, I believe. > > Perhaps debian and/or ubuntu specialists can add more.
Yes, Debian and its derivatives are easily upgraded in place (and that includes Ubuntu). First step is to find out the locations of the new packages. Those locations need to be put into /etc/apt/sources.list. If you take a look at that file you'll see the current ones for 7.04. Second step is to update your package list by running: apt-get update The third step is to run: apt-get dist-upgrade The apt-get manpage will be helpful to you. There is likely a man page for sources.list on your system that will help you understand that file. For the actual new entries to add to the sources.list file, the Ubuntu website and google searches should help you find what you need. Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
