Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Rony<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Saturday I have to remove Ubuntu 8.04 from 5 machines and install >> Ubuntu 9.04 simply because upgrading Open Office is not possible in Linux. >> >> > > FUD. There is no need to remove 8.04 to install 9.04. I finished > upgrading my sisters Ubuntu laptop from 8.04 to 9.04 last week. Took a > few weeks because she's still working on a 128 kbps sify connection > which disconnects every 10 minutes (I know, let's not digress into the > ISP topic now). All you have to do is click on the shiny "Upgrade" > button in your software updater. > > Also, I haven't tried this, but it should be possible to scan the 9.04 > DVD for package information and upgrade that way as well. It seems > possible (from a Debian/apt viewpoint). Maybe somebody here has tried > it (un)successfully? > > > I know this can be done but knowing Ubuntu's reputation for messing up upgrades and dependencies, I prefer to do clean installs. The point to be noted is that a distro upgrade is necessary.
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