Upgrade from ubuntu 11.04 + KDE

[iviarcio]

Hi folks,

I'd like to know if there an easy way to upgrade from ubuntu 11.04 with kde to kubuntu 11.10 without starting from scratch ???

Tks in advance.

Marcio

[doctordruidphd]

From:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview/Beta1


Get Ubuntu 11.10

Upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04

To upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '11.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

It can also be done from the console with the command
sudo do-release-upgrade

[Teunis]

To get Kubuntu (The KDE desktop on Ubuntu) installed alongside the Gnome desktop you just select the Kubuntu-desktop for install.
At the next log-in you can select with which desktop you want to continue.

[iviarcio]

Thanks guys, but I have been ubuntu with kde alongside gnome instaled in the last two or three releases. But there are some minor differences between ubuntu+kde and kubuntu. I'd like to cleanup the gnome coexisting side by side with kde and start using pure kde.

Thanks anyway,
Marcio

[Snowhog]

See Getting Back to a Pure KDE (http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde)

[pbhj]

FWIW I ran "sudo do-release-upgrade" last night and spent nearly the whole day today at the command line trying to fix things.

It seems that some dependency issues prevented installation, a few packages caused errors that weren't dep related and aptitude now sees 2 of every package as separate packages (with identical version numbers) ... so still not sorted yet.

Sorry I can't tell you exactly what the problem was, none of the usual things appeared to break, nvidia works, dkms went without a hitch, the final reboot was largely good (though I'd lost a few packages I've still not traced). Attempting to install anything appears to break one package or other now.

Take care!

[Teunis]

You mention Aptitude.
The past week I've here and elsewhere seen several posts that apt-get is causing the least (dependency) issues.

[iviarcio]

See Getting Back to a Pure KDE (http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde)


Thanks Snowhog. I followed the instructions in your page and everything works fine!

Marcio