2010/5/12 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM, ashish makani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi folks > > On one of my university machines, we have an older Ubuntu version 8.04 > LTS > > I want to upgrade to the latest 10.04 release(lucid lynx). > > I think i have 2 options > > 1. Using the update manager > > Is there a way to upgrade directly to 10.04 using Upgrade manager ? > > When i run Update manager, it shows release 8.10 is available. > > Do I have to upgrade, release by release, > > 8.04 ==> 8.10, > > 8.10 ==> 9.04 > > 9.04 ==> 9.10, > > & then 9.10 ==> 10.04 > > This is ridiculous!!! Don't every try that in your vaguest > imaginations/dreams. :P > > I feel this is how you go about it (I donno if it works) > > Open "Software Sources" --> Go to "Updates tab" --> at bottom you can > see show distribution release and select "Long term support release" > over "Normal release" > > And try Alt+F2 "update-manager -d" > > > > 2. Installing from CD ? > > The other option that i thought of is, burning the 10.04 iso on a cd/dvd > , & > > try to install from cd. > > > > Safer allways than network upgrade > > > I am kind of a linux/ubuntu n00b & want to upgrade to 10.04 fast, with as > > little effort as possible :) > > never feel so... > > > Which one do you experience Ubuntu hackers recommend ? > > Are there other better ways ? > > Advice/Links/Suggestions/Comments welcome >
I'd go with mallikarjun (network upgrade helps a lot to preserve your dev box if you are building deb packages IMO) and to upgrade better go with a fresh install (because someone will have a remote chance of breaking something with a new release! :D) Regards -- Bhavani Shankar.R https://launchpad.net/~bhavi <https://launchpad.net/%7Ebhavi>, a proud ubuntu community member. What matters in life is application of mind!, It makes great sense to have some common sense..!
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