Update to Ubuntu 9.10 from Ubuntu 9.04

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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10

What are the steps to follow to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 as seamless as possible?

I have just installed 9.04 and although it was pretty easy, I don't want to do a clean installation of it to upgrade to 9.10 ( I would have to backup what I've done etc )

EDIT

You said there should be a button, there it is:

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OscarRyz

Posted 2009-10-29T15:11:46.090

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How do you do the rollback? – The Green Frog – 2010-01-21T19:30:10.503

I might need to because the wireless isn't working – The Green Frog – 2010-01-21T19:31:36.617

@Dynamic I : Ouh.. pretty "rudimentary" :( I insert the Ubuntu 9.04 disc and click on installl :( That erased everything and now I enjoy staying on 9.04, the sound, graphics, wireless, everything works just fine. – OscarRyz – 2010-01-25T20:13:25.027

There are probably different PPAs, you could get rid of the newer ones, replace the older ones, and then do su apt-get update && su apt-get dist-upgrade – Rob – 2011-09-22T04:09:28.663

BTW if anyone is interested on this, I did rollback the upgrade because the graphics effects were not working as they did on 9.04 :( – OscarRyz – 2009-12-08T19:01:09.523

Answers

Click the system Menu Go to Administration and Click on update manager there should be a button to click to upgrade to 9.10. I upgraded to the RC through this method and everything works as it should, be warned this process takes a bit of time to complete.

soldier.moth

Posted 2009-10-29T15:11:46.090

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Read this official manual. It'll help you.

ToreTrygg

Posted 2009-10-29T15:11:46.090

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Go to System -> Administration -> Update Manager and just click "Upgrade". This should not cause you any troubles.

I haven't upgraded myself though, and I'll wait at least a month. Of course somebody will need to be the first, but if you're not in a hurry, and your current system runs fine, then you may just as well wait a bit. Unless there's something in the new release which you'd like to use, of course.

Note that a fresh installation of 9.10 allows you to use the ext4 file system. ~~With an upgrade this is not possible of course.~~ You can also convert ex3 to ex4 in place, but this is more of a hassle. There is a bug report about corruption of large files when using ext4 though, so anyone doing a fresh install I'd recommend to not use the default ext4, but instead stick with ext3, one more time.

Stephan202

Posted 2009-10-29T15:11:46.090

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