Upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

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Ubuntu 7.04 is the current stable version of the Ubuntu operating system. The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Feisty Fawn”.

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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48 Responses

  1. admin says:

    @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

  2. Vikas Hazrati says:

    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?

  3. enrico says:

    hi

    thank you, now everything is working fine, updated.

  4. martin says:

    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?

  5. martin says:

    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?

  6. Bipin Khairnar says:

    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..

  7. Ifrgtmyname says:

    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 😉

  8. Psychoscorpic says:

    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.

  9. MethoD says:

    How to upgrade live cd version of Ubuntu 7.04 to dvd version of Ubuntu 7.04 using iso file on hard drive?

  10. andyhl says:

    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..

  11. Leonardo says:

    Andyhl:
    you cant’ jump versions… Dapper must upgrade to
    Edgy before go to Feisty

  12. LeeMcK says:

    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

  13. Ainz says:

    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.

  14. buckbugs says:

    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)

  15. dave says:

    Is there any drawbacks with just upgrading and and not re-installing?

  16. chunky says:

    i tried all of the above methods and even used cd but still the same problem it says file not found, check your connections and all and all i am frustated please give me a 100% working solution

  17. kikin says:

    why I have update manager error not install updates please help me admin

  18. jsp says:

    Dear kikin you can try this command in terminal
    sudo apt-get update

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