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Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by UbuntuAma

Hello Gurus and Geeks
I want to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 from Ubuntu 8.10 and it just wont let me do it
how can i force this upgrade?

help pls
thanks

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Tiago Faria (gouki) said : 		#1

What do you mean it won't let you do it? Do you get any error messages?

I recommend doing a fresh install (personal opinion), but if you want to upgrade, you'll have to go from 8.10 to 9.04, And then from 9.04 to 9.10.

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UbuntuAma (ama-bone) said : 		#2

..Thanks i meant it does not list 9.10 as new distro its just not there at all...another thing is i have personalize my desktop (kinda fear getting rid of some themes)although if i do not have any option i will have to do fresh install

any other suggestion pls

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Tiago Faria (gouki) said : 		#3

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:35:43 -0000
UbuntuAma <email address hidden> wrote:

> Question #94771 on Ubuntu changed:
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> UbuntuAma gave more information on the question:
> ..Thanks i meant it does not list 9.10 as new distro its just not
> there at all...another thing is i have personalize my desktop (kinda
> fear getting rid of some themes)although if i do not have any option
> i will have to do fresh install
>
> any other suggestion pls
>

Do you have the option to upgrade to 9.04?

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Best Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

> it does not list 9.10 as new distro

Of course not, the next_on_the_list would be 9.04

> it just wont let me do it

To upgrade to 9.04 the current version 8.10 must be fully updated.
Unless you have a corrupted sources.list it will offer distri upgrade to 9.04.
Check if in Synaptic option 'normal releases' is enabled.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/214/screenshotsoftwaresourc.png
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Release%20Updates

Make sure to always reload packages list.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#Updating%20the%20Package%20List

Honest, as Tiago above recommended, consider fresh installation of 9.10, because there were some major changes.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

Backup only important data in your /home/user and move it later into your new installation.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem
Easy backup with .tar
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR
There is nothing difficult with moving (copy) theme folders from/into the directory /home/user/.themes

## I did that myself with 8.04 (Hardy) and no issues with Karmic for one minute.
## Even if one theme doesn't work (outdated), so what, install another one.
## The desktop experience wont be the same as before anyway, it'll be much better.

e.g. best practice is a separate /home partition, when choosing manual partitioning on graphical installer, you just keep /home, instead of formating it, the rest can be formatted for / and swap.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DrivesAndPartitions

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UbuntuAma (ama-bone) said : 		#5

Thanks Sam, that solved my question.