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Ubuntu -- Upgrade

by lilsim89 Nov 27, 2005 5:17AM PST

I've been wondering if it's possible to install Ubuntu 5.04 release, then use apt to upgrade to 6.? release. Can anyone tell me if that's possible and how to use it?

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Yes... but why?

by bulldogzerofive Nov 27, 2005 11:07PM PST

Yes it is possible, but why would you want to?

6.whatever is not stable yet. Do not take this the wrong way, but if you are not sure how to upgrade to what will probably become 6.04 you probably cannot handle the problems that will come with running a testing distro.

If you want the most current Ubuntu, that is 5.10. You can use apt to upgrade. Simply edit /etc/sources.list to replace every instance of "hoary" with "breezy" then save it.

Then, open a command prompt and type

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get upgrade

Good Luck!

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Thanks

by lilsim89 Dec 1, 2005 2:04PM PST

Much of my many experiences are with RPM based distros(Redhat, SuSE) I was talking about the 6.04 release itself, not a beta. Thanks a lot for the help.

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