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I cannot upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

Asked by Aaron Hill

I am trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 from an 11.04 Wubi install. When I try to upgrade, the system fetches all of the files correctly, but encounters an error after the first few seconds of installing the upgrades. The error says that the upgrades failed to install correctly, and says that a system diagnosis will now run (dpkg --configure -a). I am then prompted to restart the computer to finish installing the updates, which I do. The system is still 11.04. I have tried reinstalling Ubutnu several times with the same result.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Be aware that Ubuntu 11.10 is unstable...

Please open a terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove

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Pirouette Cacahuète (lissyx) said : 		#2

I had a similar issue, related to libgd-gd2-perl. I fixed it by issuing apt-get install libgd-gd2-perl, after a failed update-manager -c attempt. It installed the package and a couple of others, then I restarted the update-manager -c process and it worked like a charm.

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Aaron Hill (techsavvy8989) said : 		#3

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.