What is Ubuntu 6.06 LTS?

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is the next version of the Ubuntu operating system, scheduled for release on June 1st, 2006. A beta-quality pre-release version is currently available, and you are encouraged to upgrade and test it.

For information about new features in the upcoming release, see: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/dapperbeta

Upgrading from Ubuntu 5.10 ("Breezy Badger")

Upgrading with the Update Manager

A new version of the Update Manager application has entered breezy-updates which can upgrade your entire system in a few simple steps.

To perform the upgrade:

1. Update your system to ensure that you have the latest version of Update Manager and associated packages. You can do this using Update Manager itself, to be found under the System/Administration menu.

   The necessary versions are available from the breezy-updates repository, which is enabled by default. Confirm that you have version 0.42.2ubuntu12~breezy1 or newer of update-manager installed.

2. Run the following command (either via ALT-F2 or a terminal):

gksudo "update-manager -d"

• The "-d" switch instructs Update Manager to consider pre-release versions, including this Beta release. Without this switch, only official, final releases will be considered.

3. The Update Manager windows should display "Your system is up-to-date." Click the "Check" button.

If you have a working network connection, it should then inform you about a new release and offer to upgrade your system.

Upgrading by changing sources and the command line

If you are using Kubuntu and don't want to download the GTK applications required for the update manager, or you don't wish to use the update manager for any other reason, then follow this process for upgrading to Dapper (Ubuntu 6.06) from Breezy (Ubuntu 5.10).

1. Make sure that you have one of ubuntu-desktop / kubuntu-desktop / edubuntu-desktop installed, as apt requires this to perform the upgrade successfully. You may well encounter many more problems if you do not have this.

2. Change your sources.list to reflect the sources.list as shown on http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/6666 .

3. Save the file and then type this in a terminal: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Upgrading from Ubuntu releases prior to 5.10

1. Upgrade to Ubuntu 5.10 (see BreezyUpgradeNotes)

2. Follow the above instructions for upgrading from 5.10

Troubleshooting

• In the unlikely event you encouter some problems, double check that your required meta package is installed for your flavor. For Ubuntu this is 'ubuntu-desktop', for Kubuntu 'kubuntu-desktop', etc.
• Ensure all necessary packages are completely installed and configured by issuing these commands (via ALT+F1 if necessary):

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a

• Check your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and ~/xsession-errors log files.

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