Upgrading to Ubuntu Feisty in text-mode
In Debian it's really easy to upgrade to a new version of the distribution:
- replace old distro with new distro in /etc/apt/sources.list
- run apt-get update
- run apt-get dist-upgrade
This used to work fine for me in the past. Now I'm using Ubuntu and I have to use their update-manager if I don't want bad things to happen... Why is that? Don't ask me I have no clue :)
Problem with that update-manager is that it's a X11 application, this is good for the lambda user who just want to hit the button "upgrade to feisty", reboot and enjoy.
I wanted to see what happens in the background when you hit that famous button. So, the update-manager doesn't really handle the upgrade itself. Have a look at the end of your ~/.update-manager/meta-release file:
Dist: feisty Name: Feisty Fawn Version: 7.04 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0200 Supported: 1 Description: This is the 7.04 release Release-File: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/Release ReleaseNotes: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/ReleaseAnnouncement UpgradeTool: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/feisty.tar.gz UpgradeToolSignature: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/dist-upgrader-all/current/feisty.tar.gz.gpg
Before the upgrade, the update-manager will download a software archive from ubuntu website (the UpgradeTool), extract it and run a command called "feisty".. This app is written in Python, so it was really easy to figure out how perform the upgrade without their UI under X.. Just run feisty like this:
sudo ./feisty --frontend DistUpgradeViewText --mode desktop
This is very handy to upgrade my mac mini (without mouse nor keyboard) over the network :)
#. phil on Mon Apr 23 23:29:00 2007
Ha yes, didn't know that one.. Will try it next time, thanks for the tip
#. michele on Mon Apr 23 22:13:56 2007
You could also have used the do-release-upgrade script.