On Wednesday 24 January 2007 18:19, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote: > I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop > machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an > easy way to change installations (without actually going through the > install) by changing the repositories and doing > > #apt-get dist-upgrade > > as I know that apt has "Super Cow Powers" 8-) > > Is it wise to do it this way?
Probably not, but it's convenient and it usually works. > Has someone else done this? Several times. Desktops and servers. I didn't have any failures but some configurations may run into problems. > Any tips, tricks to doing it? You'll probably run into a few dead-ends. You may have to uninstall something large - maybe openoffice - and then reinstall it later. If you seem to reach an impasse check deborphan to see if some lib that is no longer needed is blocking progress. If you keep pushing it will probably work. Then use deborphan one more time to get rid of unneeded libs etc. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
