On 10/18/07, Wade Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
First of all, take a look at <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading> Straight from the horse's mouth, as they say. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
