Gutsy upgrade question: Manually downloading some packages using wget

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Oct 30 18:18:42 UTC 2007


On 10/29/2007 04:27 AM, Hugo Heden wrote:
> Good day all,
> 
> I have a problem with upgrading to Gutsy -- the update-manager tells
> me [1] that it fails to fetch some 30 files (of the 1200 it needed).
> So update-manager cancels the upgrade, and reset /etc/apt/sources.list
> to point to feisty.
> 
> (I suspect that this has to do with the (stupid) virus scanner in my
> company firewall.. I've tried using several different Software
> Sources, but to no avail.)
> 
> However, I can download the 30 package files (deb-files) using wget,
> so I actually have them on my file system.
> 
> Now, how do I continue? How do I tell update-manager to continue, but
> using the deb-files that I have manually downloaded?
> 
> Do I for example somehow "select" the downloaded deb-files using
> dpkg-something? And then restart update-manager?
> 
> Or should skip update-manager and try modifying my sources.list
> manually and then running apt-get dist-upgrade?
> 
> Or do I create a "local apt-repository" on my file system containing
> the deb-files, and add that repository to my sources.list..? (Hope
> this is not the way to do it.. sounds tricky)
> 
> Any hints much appreciated!
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Hugo Heden
> 
> 
> [1] "Could not download the upgrades. The upgrade aborts now. Please
> check your internet connection or installation media and try again. "
> 

Use the alternate CD to update, then try updating the additional files.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades
Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD

Use this method if the system being upgraded is not connected to the
Internet.





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