Upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2007 
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Before Upgrading You need to remember the following point
Take comple backup of your system before upgrading .Now you need to upgraded Ubuntu Edgy Machine to Ubuntu Feisty.
We can Use Two methods to upgrade Ubuntu Edgy to Ubuntu Feisty
1) Using GUI
2) Using apt-get
Upgrading Ubuntu Edgy to Ubuntu Feisty
Method 1 - Using GUI
If you want to upgrade using GUI use the following command
gksu “update-manager -c ”
“-c” switch tells it to look for upgrades at all.
You should see the following screen here Now you can see 7.04 is available for upgrade click on upgrade
Now you should see the release notes as follows here you need to click on upgrade
Once you click on upgrade you might get the error “Authentication failed”
You need to fix the above error for this open the terminal and type the “gpg” and press enter once you see the following message
gpg:Go ahead and type your message …
Press Ctrl+C and then start the install process again.
Now you should see the following screen downloading upgrade tool
You need to enter root password and click ok
Preparing the upgrade in progress
You need to confirm the upgrade process by clicking “Start Upgrade”
Download in progress for all the required packages for Upgrade
Installation in progress
If you click on Terminal to see detailed installation in progress
Cleaning Up is in Progress
You need to restart the system to complete the Upgrade by clicking “Restart Now”
Method 2 - Using apt-get
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list as root. Change every occurrence of edgy to feisty.
Use any prefered editor. If you have a CD-ROM line in your file, then remove it.
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
or
use the following Simple command
sudo sed -e ’s/\edgy/ feisty/g’ -i /etc/apt/sources.list
Now you need to update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Upgrade using the following command
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Double check your process was finished properly using the following commd
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Now you need to Reboot your machine to take your new ubuntu 7.04 installation to effect all changes.
Testing Your Upgrade
You can check the ubuntu version installed using the following command
sudo lsb_release -a
Output Looks like below
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu feisty (development branch)
Release: 7.04
Codename: feisty
or
Just type the following command in your terminal
cat /etc/issue
Output Lokks like below
Ubuntu feisty (development branch) \n \l
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April 19th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
i get this what is wrong?
sudo sed -e ’s/\edgy/ feisty/g’ -i /etc/apt/sources.list
sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `
please correct me if I did something wrong
April 19th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
try to use this and check
sudo sed -e ’s/\sedgy/ feisty/g’ -i /etc/apt/sources.list
April 19th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
same thing i just did:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and then used the replace function to look for edgy and replace with feisty so now it should work
thanks not sure why the sed is not working
April 19th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
sed command doesn’t work for me either. find/replace works fine.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:28 am
what about upgrades using the alternate CDs? it should be another method to upgrading.
April 21st, 2007 at 4:24 am
this:
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If you want to upgrade using GUI use the following command
gksu “update-manager -c ”
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did not work at all…
jwb@jwb-laptop:~$ gksu “update-manager -c ”
gksu: invalid option — c
GKsu version 1.9.3
Usage: gksu [-u ] [options]
jwb@jwb-laptop:~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 6.10 \n \l
April 21st, 2007 at 6:33 am
try to use gksudo “update-manager -c “
April 21st, 2007 at 8:59 am
Upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)…
Upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)…
April 21st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Is there a problem with automatix or a way to get around the following fatal error?
http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/dists/edgy/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2)
The installer keeps bombing with complaints ranging from potential network problems to protests that bzip2 is not a bzip2 file.
April 21st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
For the people who can’t get sed to work, the problem is that you can’t just copy and paste from this page. It uses the wrong quote mark. The best way to get this to work (which worked for me) is to copy the command above, paste it into your terminal, and then replace the quote marks in the command with a single quote from your keyboard.
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 am
I Also get the following.
kjames@fluffybunny:~$ gksudo “update-manager -c “
gksudo: invalid option — c
I did a direct cut and paste from the webpage. Is there something that needs to be installed first?
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 am
OOPS. I typed mine in before reading the comment about the quotes. That fixed it for me.
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm
My attempt to upgrade, whether using the GUI of command line, freezes on the following.
Err http://packages.freecontrib.org dapper Release.gpg
Could not connect to packages.freecontrib.org:80 (88.191.33.6), connection timed out
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Correction: After about 6 connection timeouts, which takes quite some time, the command line upgrade does seem to continue. Whether it’s all OK or not, time will tell.
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
After install finished all the text on the screen…and everywhere else except in terminal window is a rectangular “0″ or “O”. How can I fix this? During download there were a number of programs that did not finish properly…server timed out or temporarily dropped the connection. I must be missing some necessary component.
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Command line method should work, but prefer using aptitude instead of apt-get (same syntax). Aptitude handles dependencies better than apt-get.
On my installation I have Apache 2 + php 5, upgrading to apache 2.2 broke my php5 install (apache 2.2 doesn’t restart with 2.0 modules) with apt-get, and also broke the dist-upgrade process.
So tell configurator not to restart apache, or use aptitude.
Benoit
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Thanks, finally got updated. Tried the ‘official’ way and it hosed @ 891 files. This finished it up nicely. Again, a great big THANKS!
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Once I got past automatix (figure out where to remove it from the sources list) the upgrade went through like clockwork.
Recompiled Nvidia and everything is nice.
VMWare is a little fussy in the aftermath. Updated with the latest bleeding edge patch and networking had to be kludged with NAT but that appears to be the biggest problem.. pretty minor IMO.
This is a Dell 820 Laptop. Nice work guys.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Hi all, i have a little problem with my java version, i heard the java version is supposed to be the latest java version on Ubuntu 7.04 but i checked after the upgrade(from 6.10 to 7.04) and the java version is still 1.4.2(default system-wide java version on 6.10). How can i upgrade the java version and how can i make it replace the native java version(so it will be a system-wide java instead of a local java) I need to know to make frostwire works properly.
Tx in advance for your replies.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
You need to install the latest java packages try this
April 26th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Already tried it and still the same thing, the newly installed java isnt usable and when i type “java -version” in terminal i still get the same thing telling me the java version is 1.4.2.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
one more option is remove java completely both the versions and install the latest version
April 26th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’ll try that tx. Lets cross our finguers and wish it will work.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
GREAT It works !!! Tx for your help i realy apreciate it
April 28th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Heres my problem, I’ve install ubuntu ultimate edition base on edgy eft 6.10 and want to upgrade to 7.04 with a cd but I want to keep the interface of ultimate edition. How would I go by doing this????
April 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
How to upgrade using the Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn CD?
sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
is that all? Do I have to replace every occurrence of edgy to feisty as said in Method 2?
April 30th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
follow this procedure if you want to upgrade ubuntu edgy using cdrom
make sure you have the alternate install CD, you can save bandwidth by loading the CD into your CD-ROM drive and using
sudo apt-cdrom add
Perform the upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Just to be totally sure that everything is installed properly, run these commands
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -aRunning dist-upgrade again is done to ensure that no packages are left to install or upgrade. In some cases, certain packages fail to install even after running dist-upgrade the second time.
Reboot in order to effect all changes.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I upgraded using last method (from CD) and all is perfectly working. Thanks.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I tried the last 2 methods - both without success.
For method in (27) above, only the
sudo apt-cdrom addread the cdrom (and unmounted it immediately).
None of the other commands accessed the cdrom.
The “dist-upgrade” did just this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libc6-dev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
The whole process was over in about a minute…
What might I be doing wrong?
Thanks for any help.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Oops where did that last post “30″ go?
Anyways, trying again:
…continuing from post 29 …
I also tried replacing all instances of “edgy” with “feisty” in /etc/apt/sources.list.
I did list out 600+ upgrades, but it still isn’t reading from the cdrom. I tried this with the cdrom mounted, as well as unmounted (apt-cdrom had unmounted it). No luck.
May 6th, 2007 at 10:59 am
hello
i’m trying to upgrade from 6.10 to 7.04, using gui, i got these errors
” Failed to fetch http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/dists/edgy/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/dists/edgy/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf/dists/dapper/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf/dists/dapper/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found”
anyone can give me an advise about how to solve the problem?
thanks
May 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
@enrico
you need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and commentout freecontrib source list and save that file.
then do the following
sudo apt-get update
then proceed your upgrade
May 7th, 2007 at 6:20 am
I am trying to upgrade for edgy to fiesty and when i use the upgrade manager or sudo apt-get update i get this error message
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Sources [365kB]
99% [5 Sources gzip 0]
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main Sources
Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Fetched 5B in 5s (1B/s)
Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/source/Sources.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists… Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
As a result of this the upgrade stops.
How do i resolve this?
May 8th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
hi
thank you, now everything is working fine, updated.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:05 am
I’m try with gpg option, but still have the same error. What’s going on?
I’m using apt-cache repository and set gpg too in my server.
It’s need to open spesific repository?
May 11th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I get this error:
Failed to fetch http://192.168.1.1:3142/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim-runtime_7.0-164+1ubuntu7_all.deb Connection timed out
Could not download the upgrades.
Anyone does know what’s going on?
May 11th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Hi All,
If you are upgrading using GUI use the following command
gksu “update-manager -c ”
Please type this command manually don’t use copy paste from use quote is problem..
May 13th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Ok so im updating and i get this error message:
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9351/frickingayanoyinmessagegb0.png
i have tried lots of things but nothing works
It couldnt be to do with internet usage and the fact that my isp keeps blocking access to p2p programs could it?– just a suggestion — Keep an open mind
May 16th, 2007 at 11:07 am
I tried the CD methods above & they failed to read the disk.
However, I then used Synaptic.
Simply “Add a CD-ROM” with Synaptic, point to the Alternative CD (since it has the DEB files) - et voila! It worked perfectly.
About 45 minutes.
Had to upgrade WINE and reinstall an app via it, but everything else works perfectly.
June 21st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
How to upgrade live cd version of Ubuntu 7.04 to dvd version of Ubuntu 7.04 using iso file on hard drive?
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
i tried everything but i cant upgrade.i used synaptic but it say insert another cd-rom..im using dapper trying to upgrade to feisty fawn..
August 7th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Andyhl:
you cant’ jump versions… Dapper must upgrade to
Edgy before go to Feisty
August 7th, 2007 at 9:58 am
For me, the upgrade using command line steps did not go smoothly.
The problems showed up when running “apt-get -f install”
Many packages I installed created a conflict that blocked the installation process from running to completion. Basically my entire graphical desktop was wiped out.
The important thing was Do not use the Ubuntu 7.04 Install CD because that would possibly wipe out my /home/ directories.
Being cautious (and extremely pissed off at my own stupidity) I backed up my entire /home/user/ directory using tar and sftp to another available computer in my home. 19 GB, ugh.
Then I repeatedly ran “sudo apt-get -f install” and manually removed each package that was appearing in the conflicts list.
Then I began stumbling around trying to install the packages that make graphics work. A key step was to install the x-server packages and then run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg ; this sets your hardware and keyboard for X display
Then, by trial and error I finally loaded a package ubuntu-desktop that gave me back the familiar graphic front end.
Typical remove step required to make apt-get -f install show no conflicts:
628 sudo apt-get -f remove grass grass-dev grass-doc libgdal1-1.3.2-grass qgis-plugin-grass gdal-bin libgl1-mesa-dri libmetacity0 metacity python-gnome2-desktop gedit gnome-games
629 sudo apt-get remove acpid
637 sudo apt-get -f install
642 sudo apt-get remove acpi-support acpid powermanagement-interface
643 sudo apt-get -f install
658 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-standard
660 sudo apt-get -f install
700 sudo apt-get installation-guide-i386
941 sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
970 sudo apt-get install xfonts-base
973 sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi
978 sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
984 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
987 sudo apt-get -f install
990 sudo apt-get remove acpid
991 sudo apt-get -f install
992 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
994 history | grep apt-get > aptgetfile
August 11th, 2007 at 3:16 am
I recommend a manual install into /opt after downloading the bin from Sun; the following is for Java6u1.
sudo chmod +x jdk-6u1-linux-i586.bin
sudo sh ./jdk*.bin
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_01 /opt
sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.6.0_01/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.6.0_01/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives –config java
sudo update-alternatives –config javac
This gives you the option of having the latest version (independent of the Ubuntu repositories), and to keep multiple versions installed side-by-side for development if you require.
Hope someone finds this useful.
September 4th, 2007 at 3:03 am
im updating using command line but after a while i get this error…. i don know what to do… kindly please help me….
Preparing to replace libblkid1 1.39-1 (using …/libblkid1_1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) …
Unpacking replacement libblkid1 …
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/language-pack-en_1%3a7.04+20070601_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
April 7th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Is there any drawbacks with just upgrading and and not re-installing?