[Tfug] Ubuntu upgrade

[Don Freeman]

I am not adverse to "blowing it all away" but how do you do that? Can I just
launch a new install? 


Don W. Freeman, P.E.
Transportation Engineer
Pima Association of Governments
177 N. Church Ave. #405
Tucson AZ 85701
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From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Nate
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 5:39 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Ubuntu upgrade

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If you have no optional packages or data to worry about, then just blow it
all away and install fresh.  Trust me.  The upgrades can work fine
sometimes, but other times it's a complete nightmare.  And when something
doesn't work, then you wonder if it's a problem with ubuntu, or with the
upgrade, or if you didn't sacrifice the right animal during the right phase
of the moon, etc.

If you still want to, I just change my sources and do a dist-upgrade.
Or you can view the official docs at
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

Nate

Don Freeman wrote:
> If I have an old version of Ubuntu installed on my PC, is it feasible 
> to d/l the newer version and simply install it over the top of the old
version?
> There is no data or optional packages to worry about.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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