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Re: Edgy upgrade question: msg#00118

Subject: Re: Edgy upgrade question
Vincent wrote:
> Yes, but my problem is: I don't know which packages I installed from 
> alternative repositories.
>
> On 9/21/06, *Foxy* < foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Vincent wrote:
>     > But what about the packages already installed from that repository?
>     > Those aren't meant for edgy so should either be upgraded or
>     removed...
>     >
>     > On 9/21/06, *Foxy* <foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto: foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:foxy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Vincent wrote:
>     >     > Hey, I was wondering, if I want to upgrade to edgy, what do I
>     >     have to
>     >     > do with my repositories? I've added a few alternatives but
>     the
>     >     > probably don't all have edgy versions. I can't just remove the
>     >     > repositories I guess because I have packages from them
>     >     installed. What
>     >     > should I do, can I view all packages from a repository I've
>     >     installed?
>     >     >
>     >     > --
>     >     > Vincent
>     >     You can just comment the unneeded repositories with #. Also
>     check if
>     >     there are repositories available for Edgy.
>     >
>     >     If you are going to do dist-upgrade rather then a clean
>     install make
>     >     sure that you have xubuntu-desktop installed as it will take
>     care of
>     >     changes.
>     >
>     >     Personally I prefer clean install to dist-upgarde because
>     the latter
>     >     gave me some problems with Breezy and Dapper. However it may
>     be that
>     >     Edgy has been improved in this regard.
>     >
>     >
>     >     --
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>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Vincent
>     If they are specifically Dapper versions you will have to remove them
>     either before (which is safer) or during (which may pose a hassle)
>     dist-upgrade. But some repositories are providing Edgy versions
>     already
>     (like compiz). So you'd better check it.
>
>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Vincent 
then clean install is the best way to handle it I guess.




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