Upgrading Kubuntu

[Dazed_75]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> I've been using Linux for a long time and recently I've been playing
> around with Kubuntu. I'm currently running 8.04 with the KDE 4 Remix and
> wanted to do the online upgrade to 8.10. From the instructions on the
> website it says to do:
>
> kdesudo "adept_manager --dist-upgrade"
>
> I expect to get the package installer coming up with the "Version
> Upgrade" button. The package manager starts but there is no "Version
> Upgrade" button.
>
> The instructions on the website are pretty straightforward so I don't
> think I've missed anything but it's not behaving as expected.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
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8.04 is an LTS version and as such has updates to "normal" releases
turned off.  Just go into your software sources, assuming it is called
that in KDE land, and on the update tab go to the list box at the
bottom and change it from LTS only to Normal.

That said, I have no clue whether the remix upgrades normally.


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