Problems Upgrading Ubuntu from 7.10 to 8.04 LTS

Stephen stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu May 1 16:31:47 UTC 2008


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> How much free space do you have?  Specifically in /var, / and wherever
> you keep /usr.
>
> You could try installing the apt package manually by doing:
>
> dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*apt*deb
>
> But make sure you have a good amount of free space first.
>
>   
I have over 2 gigs free now.

The last command just generated a lot of dependency errors again.

I think the least time consuming approach will be just a reinstall.My 
data is well organized, and I am backing it up to another machine.

Will run it during a hockey game.

Thanks for your efforts
Stephen

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