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. 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