Re: [Hampshire] Upgrading Ubuntu 6.06 to 7.10

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Author: John Cooper
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Upgrading Ubuntu 6.06 to 7.10
Cayenne-uk wrote:
> After sticking with Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper for various reasons, I now want
> to upgrade to 7.10 . I have the CD and expected to find an easy way to
> upgrade, perhaps with a desktop icon, perhaps in Synaptic, or even
> using apt-get, but to no avail.
>
> It seems that I have to upgrade to the next release in sequence, which
> is kind of difficult for me as I don't have the CDs, and I can't find
> any place on the Ubuntu site to download them from. It seems my only
> option is to re-install afresh. So I'm seeking advice now. Is my
> understanding correct? And what approach is best recommended?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kelvin
>
>

I used the "upgrade" option in Ubuntu's "Add/Remove Software"
application (not synaptic) to upgrade to the next version and repeated
it again to get to 7.10. This is the easiest option, though time
consuming and it doesn't require CDs.

John.

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