Thanks guys,

Before I go quite that far I want to get another drive for a backup.  I
have several things on this beast that I don't want to upset the apple
cart with the upgrade.

Thanks for the feedback.

Dave

On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 22:29 -0400, Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
> As a matter of principle, I generally run apt-get update, apt-get
> upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade regularly.
> 
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Farnsworth
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>         David,
>           Research apt-get dist-upgrade.  Read the man page and this
>         article...
>         
>         
>         
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/apt-get-question-dist-upgrade-vs-upgrade-219920/
>         
>         
>         
>         Andy
>         
>         
>         On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:00 PM, David R. Wilson
>         <[email protected]> wrote:
>                 Thanks Alan,
>                 
>                 That looks like a good way to approach this.  I will
>                 give that a spin.
>                 
>                 73,
>                 Dave
>                 KU4B
>                 
>                 
>                 On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:51 -0500, Allen Minix wrote:
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:42 PM, David R. Wilson
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > wrote:
>                 >         Hello Alan,
>                 >
>                 >         I was somewhat hesitant to rock that boat
>                 until I had the
>                 >         chance to back
>                 >         everything up before blowing up the box.
>                 >
>                 >         Dave
>                 >         KU4B
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >         On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:35 -0500, Allen
>                 Minix wrote:
>                 >         > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:11 PM, David R.
>                 Wilson
>                 >         <[email protected]>
>                 >         > wrote:
>                 >         >         Hi guys (and gals),
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         Without upgrading to Ubuntu
>                 14.04.1 I am trying to
>                 >         update
>                 >         >         12.04.1
>                 >         >         Ubuntu.  I have an error from the
>                 package manager:
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         The following packages have unmet
>                 dependencies:
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         libreoffice: Depends:
>                 libreoffice-core (=
>                 >         >         1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1) but
>                 >         >         1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is
>                 installed
>                 >         >         libreoffice-base: Depends:
>                 libreoffice-base-core (=
>                 >         >         1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but
>                 >         1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is
>                 >         >         installed
>                 >         >                           Depends:
>                 libreoffice-base-drivers
>                 >         (=
>                 >         >         1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but
>                 >         1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is
>                 >         >         installed
>                 >         >                           Depends:
>                 libreoffice-core (=
>                 >         >         1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but
>                 >         1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is
>                 >         >         installed
>                 >         >         libreoffice-base-drivers:
>                 libreoffice-core:
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         I have tried
>                 >         >         apt-get remove -f libreoffice
>                 >         >         and
>                 >         >         apt-get install -f
>                 >         >         and
>                 >         >         apt-get install -f libreoffice
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         I have also tried fixing packages
>                 with Synaptic and
>                 >         all seem
>                 >         >         to fail
>                 >         >         with unmet dependencies.
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         Any good ideas?  If I had a big
>                 USB drive I would
>                 >         backup the
>                 >         >         system and
>                 >         >         try the upgrade, but at the moment
>                 I don't.
>                 >         >
>                 >         >         Dave
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         > Dave -
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         > Have you tried apt-get dselect-upgrade or
>                 upgrading through
>                 >         aptitude?
>                 >         >  I have had situations like this where
>                 either of the two
>                 >         would give
>                 >         > some useful info due to slightly different
>                 package
>                 >         install/upgrade
>                 >         > candidates.
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         > --
>                 >         > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         >
>                 >         > Check out my blog! -
>                 http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com
>                 >
>                 >         > --
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > Understood... --dry-run will just print the the
>                 proposed changes.  I
>                 > get a bit gun shy when I don't have a good backout
>                 option as well, so
>                 > I know exactly where you're coming from.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > --
>                 > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ
>                 >
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > Check out my blog! -
>                 http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com
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