Upgrading Kubuntu

[Dazed_75]

Top posting since you did.

I have to believe it has to do with using the remix or something else
that was done.  If you look at the parent tp that page (click "Show
Parent" in the upper left corner), you will note that the instructions
for both ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 and kubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 show that a
version upgrade button will appear for you to use.  That is not show
on the child page with the section on upgrading the remix.

One thing that is clear is that something/someone must change the
repositories as part of the upgrade.  Normally that would follow using
the upgrade button.

Another thing that seems clear is that ubuntu is set up to protect an
LTS user from upgrading to a non-LTS version unless they specifically
request it.  Kubuntu seems not to do that.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> I can easily update to sources list. Why don't the upgrade
> instructions say anything about doing this (specifically I'm looking
> at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades/Kubuntu)? It
> seems like the Adept Manager should see the new release version and
> offer the "Version Upgrade" button without me having to modify a
> software sources file. Maybe I'm just to accustomed to how Gentoo works.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-
>> az.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:20:43PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> This is what I have on the "Updates" tab in "Software Sources":
>>>
>>> - Important security updates (checked)
>>> - Recommended updates (checked)
>>> - Pre-released updates (unchecked)
>>> - Unsupported updates (unchecked)
>>> - Check for Updates: Daily (checked)
>>>
>>> There isn't something exactly like you describe (changing something
>>> from
>>> LTS to Normal). The closest thing would be the "Unsupported
>>> updates" but
>>> that doesn't seem really right either.
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>> I don't have the KDE 4 remix loaded anywhere to check this.  Perhaps
>> someone else does.
>>
>> I doubt the KDE folks removed this safeguard from the LTS version
>> unless they, quite possibly, removed its LTS status by doing the
>> remix.  So you might look further for the list box I mentioned and if
>> you still do not find it I would assume they did remove the LTS
>> status.
>>
>> The web page you referred to probably told you tyo do two things
>> before issuing kdesudo "adept_manager --dist-upgrade" and perhaps you
>> did them.  But since you did not say so, I suggest you go back to that
>> page and be sure that you do two things first:
>>
>> 1. Get 8.04 completely updated, and
>> 2. change your listed repositories from Hardy to Intrepid before doing
>> the dist-upgrade
>>
>> If that is not the problem I am stumped for now without a system to
>> look at
>>
>>
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