[ubuntu-in] Upgrading directly to 10.04 LTS from 8.04LTS

[Bhavani Shankar R]

2010/5/12 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>

> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM, ashish makani <ashish.makani at gmail.com>
> 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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