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Test the new Kubuntu Dist Upgrade tool!!

We need people to test this, otherwise it will not be accepted into the archives. Please test and let us know if it worked.

Make sure kubuntu-desktop is installed, if not install it. If you do not have Edgy installed, make a chroot and use that; see below for details.

1. Start Adept Manager (K-Menu -> System -> Adept Manager Manage Packages)

2. In Adept Manager go to Manage Repositories and enable edgy-proposed:

   • deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed main or if you have KDE 3.5.6 Edgy packages installed add this one for i386:

     deb http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/tmp/archive-edgy-dist-upgrade-kde356-i386/ ./ or this one for amd64:

     deb http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/tmp/edgy-dist-upgrade-kde356/ ./

3. Click Apply, then Close, then Fetch Updates, then Full Upgrade then Apply Changes
4. Quit Adept Manager and restart it.
5. Click Fetch Updates.

After updating the archive it should offer to upgrade Kubuntu, follow the wizard and the dist-upgrade tool should be downloaded and run.

Please comment on https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/84717 if it worked or not.

http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/tmp/dist-upgrader.png

Chroot

If you don't already have an edgy system make a chroot and install kubuntu-desktop:

• mkdir edgy
• sudo debootstrap edgy edgy
• mount -t none -o bind /tmp edgy/tmp
• mount -t none -o bind /dev edgy/dev
• mount -t none -o bind /proc edgy/proc
• xhost +
• sudo chroot edgy
• export LANG=C
• apt-get install kubuntu-desktop ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard