Doing the deed!

[SteveRiley]

Nice job.

Most likely, I'll rebuild my T520. Currently, the machine is running a Precise -> Quantal -> Raring -> Saucy do-release-upgrade series. I feel it's time for a fresh start.

[Snowhog]

Done.

It wasn't clean like the Toshiba was yesterday. But, paying attention and following through was painless. These are the steps it took.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
.
.
Errors were encountered while processing:
gvfs:amd64
gvfs:i386
gvfs-daemons


Upgrade complete


The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

Reboot


sudo apt-get update
.
.
Reading package lists... Done
Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Data:umper module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.18 /usr/share/perl/5.18 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 25.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/apt-file line 25.

sudo apt-get install -f
.
.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
24 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1483 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
.
.
1482 upgraded, 125 newly installed, 8 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Finished
Reboot


sudo apt-get install
kde-touchpad libxcb-record0

Reboot
Done

Running 14.04 in all it's glory!

[life0riley]

I prefer a clean install also.

This is how my upgrade ended up. See post #11.
13.10 to 14.04 :]

I haven't found any issues with my clean install from alpha2 yet.

[GreyGeek]

Snowhog's problems are one reason why I usually prefer a fresh install from a LiveCD instead of an upgrade to a new version. However, my installation isn't as complicated as Snowhog's. I usually just copy my home partition onto an external drive and after the fresh install (and installing all the special apps I want that are not on the LiveCD) I copy my data from the external drive. Two birds with one stone-- a backup of my data and a fresh install of the new version. My 14.04 I installed when it went Alpha, just like I did with the 9.04 release 5 years ago. Like the 9.04 alpha, the 14.04 alpha has been essentially flawless for me.

I've been with Kubuntu for five years. Wow. The only other distro I used that long was SuSE, which a began using with the 5.3 release in September of 1998 and dropped when Novell bought them in November of 2003, for a total of 5 years and 3 months. After that I used Mandrake/Mandriva the most, followed by PCLinux and then MEPIS. Looks like I'll be racking up another four years with Kubuntu.

[Feathers McGraw]

Sherlock tux eh? Hehe. I may take the plunge and install 14.04 soon, when I have wrestled mod_security into submission!

Interesting hearing about all the little things that can throw a spanner into the works.

[Snowhog]

Completed. Reactivated the commented repository lists and updated the package cache. Two repositories are not yet packaged for Trusty: recoll and ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports (expected). Commented recoll and left ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports alone. Dist-upgraded and all is just fine. Trusty Tahr 14.04 on my 32-bit Toshiba laptop.

Checked how the upgrade would fare on my main laptop. sudo do-release-upgrade -d ended up reporting:

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.


This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

This is most likely because I have several truly non-standard (by Ubuntu standards) repositories:

Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/claydoh-kmymoney2.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/claydoh/kmymoney2-kde4/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-backports.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-beta.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/beta/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-ppa.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libdvdcss.list
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/debian/stable/ /
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/recoll-backports.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/recoll-back...1.15-on/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/samrog131-ppa.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skunk-pepper-flash-saucy.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/skunk/pepper-flash/ubuntu saucy main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam

So, I'll wait until Trusty is officially released, wait for a few weeks, and try again.

Added:

I don't think it's any of the repositories I have that are not included in /etc/apt/sources.list. Instead, I'm inclined to think it is one particular repository included in /etc/apt/source.list, specifically:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-proposed main multiverse restricted universe

But then, even after commenting it, sudo do-release-upgrade -d reports the same problem, and won't perform the release-upgrade. Hmm.

Added:

grep ERROR /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log && grep Broken /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log shows:

2014-03-02 19:18:25,004 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'
Broken cups-filters:amd64 Conflicts on foomatic-filters [ amd64 ] < 4.0.17-1ubuntu1 > ( universe/text )
Broken libharfbuzz0b:amd64 Conflicts on libharfbuzz0a [ amd64 ] < 0.9.19-1 > ( libs )
Broken libharfbuzz0b:amd64 Conflicts on libharfbuzz0a [ i386 ] < 0.9.19-1 > ( libs )
Broken ruby:amd64 Conflicts on ruby1.8 [ amd64 ] < 1.8.7.358-7ubuntu2.1 -> 1.8.7.358-8ubuntu3 > ( universe/interpreters )
Broken libaqbanking34-plugins:amd64 Conflicts on libaqbanking-plugins-libgwenhywfar60 [ amd64 ] < 5.0.28beta-1 > ( libs ) (< 5.3.5beta)
Broken libmuonprivate2:amd64 Breaks on libmuonprivate1 [ amd64 ] < 2.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 > ( kde )
Broken libtcl8.5:amd64 Conflicts on tcl8.5-lib [ amd64 ] < 8.5.13-1ubuntu4 > ( interpreters ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken xserver-xorg-input-synaptics:amd64 Breaks on kde-config-touchpad [ amd64 ] < 0.8.1-1ubuntu4.1 > ( x11 ) (< 0.8.1-2~)
Broken xserver-xorg-video-glamoregl:amd64 Conflicts on xserver-xorg-glamoregl [ amd64 ] < 0.5.1-0ubuntu4.2 > ( x11 )
Broken libtk8.5:amd64 Conflicts on tk8.5-lib [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 > ( libs )
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken libperl5.14:amd64 Depends on perl-base [ amd64 ] < 5.14.2-21build1 -> 5.18.2-2 > ( perl ) (= 5.14.2-21build1)
Broken tcl-lib:amd64 Depends on tcl8.5-lib [ amd64 ] < 8.5.13-1ubuntu4 > ( interpreters ) (>= 8.5.0-1)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)
Broken tk:amd64 Breaks on tk8.5 [ amd64 ] < 8.5.11-2ubuntu4 -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 8.5.14-3)
Broken tk8.5:amd64 Depends on libtk8.5 [ amd64 ] < none -> 8.5.15-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (= 8.5.15-2ubuntu3)

I have no held packages (sudo apt-mark showhold).

Added:

I did have a pinned package (blue-shell firefox) in /etc/preferences. Deleted that file. Made no difference. So, brought out 'ol Sherlock Tux and did some investigating. Some of the information about the Broken entries above gave me a clue. libmuonprivate2:amd64 brought back a memory. I had some time back had Jonathan (Muon developer) help me fix a vexing problem (at the time) with muon. He helped me build a custom library (libmuonprivate2).

So, I purged muon and it's associated packages and then reinstalled. Purged Teamviewer (wasn't using it anymore) and x11vnc, also not using it. Now sudo do-release-upgrade -d no longer complains and grep ERROR /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log && grep Broken /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log comes back clean. I can 'do the deed' on my HP laptop. But not tonight! Tomorrow.

[Teunis]

I have my data backed up anyway and for years I haven't had catastrophic problems during an install or upgrade, never lost the /home or Windows.
But YMMV
Like the 13.04 I upgraded/ reinstalled a few days ago with 14.04 Alpha was unstable and yesterday I just redid the install with 14.04 Beta, now I do have a nice system and I didn't need to pull out the back-ups.

I really like some of the small changes like the new Driver Manager and the enhancements in the network applet.

[vinnywright]

I did my 13.10 partition/install that way a week or 2 ago ,,,,,,,,,,,it worked as expected

VINNY

[Snowhog]

Well, as I run two laptops, both on Saucy 13.10, KDE 4.12.2, fully dist-upgraded, I decided to upgrade my non-primary laptop to Trusty Tahr. Because I'm not one to just jump off the cliff, I used Clonezilla 2.0.1-15 to clone the HDD. That done, I'm now into the do-release-upgrade -d process. I'll follow-up with the results after it has finished. I'm anticipating a trouble-free upgrade.