On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:37, William Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, if I use: > > deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main universe > restricted multiverse > deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates main universe > restricted multiverse > deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main > universe restricted multiverse > > > Will that work for installing new programs or updating those that I > already have? yes to both. > Can this help me update from 7.10 to something more recent? i don't think you need the old distro mentioned at all in sources.list to upgrade--my method of upgrading has always been to change those lines to the new release (ie jaunty) and do apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. that may not be the right way to do it, i just remember that from the bad old debian days (which drove me off with too-infrequent releases, followed by too-frequent releases...) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
