Thus spake Fraser Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ... > What I would usually do (and there may be a better way) is on the new PC I > would add the appropriate URL to /etc/apt/sources.list for retreiving the > debs and then run an "apt-get update" to make the computer aware of the > available updates. > > Next I would copy all of the debs to /var/cache/apt/archives on the new PC and > simply run "apt-get dist-upgrade". This way you can use apt to solve any > dependency issues for you but still use the pre-downloaded files.
I did this on my wife's machine, going from 2.2 (standard woody) to 3.1 and some packages were not updated properly - in fact I think they were removed and no replacement installed. Unfortunately I cannot recall the details - it was moderately traumatic, as I thought she'd said to go ahead and do it and she thought she hadn't.... It's all OK now, but it wasn't as smooth as it could have been. caveat emptor. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
