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Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-22 Hi guys, I've been struggling with upgrading my XBMCbuntu base distribution from 12.10 to 14.04. I currently have Gotham 13.0 but unfortunately can't get 13.1 due to it not being available for 12.10. I've been trying the standard upgrade via do-release-upgrade but get this error: Quote:Updating repository information I then receive the following after I pressed yes a couple of times: Quote:Invalid package information I'm sure I've messed up some ppa's somewhere, or something, but last night I received the error but it seemed to upgrade the distro (spent an hour doing all of that) but upon reboot it seemed to stay on 12.10. The list of my /etc/apt/ is: apt.conf.d sources.list.d trustdb.gpg trusted.gpg.d preferences.d sources.list.distUpgrade trusted.gpg sources.list sources.list.save trusted.gpg~ With the list of sources.list.d being: chris-lea-node_js-quantal.list chris-lea-node_js-quantal.list.distUpgrade chris-lea-node_js-quantal.list.save plexmediaserver.list plexmediaserver.list.distUpgrade plexmediaserver.list.save team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.distUpgrade team-xbmc-ppa-quantal.list.save transmissionbt-ppa-quantal.list transmissionbt-ppa-quantal.list.distUpgrade transmissionbt-ppa-quantal.list.save I know I shouldn't, but I'm really wanting to not have to do a fresh install if I can help it. I have a load of symlinks poking around in /storage/ and can't quite recall how I did it all! I've tried upgrading via usb but don't get the option with the latest xbmcbuntu build - just erase or install it by the side. RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - Gombeek - 2014-06-22 I'm fairly certain you need to fresh install XBMCbuntu to get the upgrade to Gotham 13.1 RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-22 Ah really? Too bad, I guess I should anyway for good practice. Is there an easy way to backup my /storage which exists on my sda1, which includes a mix of symlinks (pointing to 3 separate internal hard drives for my media), local folders and mount points? RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - negge - 2014-06-22 You don't need to reinstall anything. Post your /etc/apt/sources.list, it would seem your mirror doesn't exist anymore which means the installer doesn't know where to fetch newer packages from. RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-22 Hi negge, I have posted my sources.list.d but don't actually have a sources.list in my etc/apt/! Any tips on what is up? RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nickr - 2014-06-23 If you don't have a sources.list in /etc/apt then something|someone has royally screwed it up! Do you have a sources.list.save? RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-23 Whoops - apparently I do have one and am just rather blind! It is as follows: Quote:# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nickr - 2014-06-23 OK so you are on Saucy (13.10) and you only need one more upgrade to Trusty (14.04) by the look of it. But really I find that repeated upgrades are dodgy at best. Ubuntu rules I follow are: 1. Only install LTS versions 2. Do all installs from scratch. Frankly I would set aside a weekend, back up anything important and blitz the hard drive with a fresh Trusty install. PS or go to openelec! RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-23 It's strange - the update happened and stated it was a success but both SSH and xbmc settings claim that I am still on 12.10. I think a fresh install is probably the way forward as it sounds that I have borked it....I've tried openelec before and loved it on my smaller HTPC (installing it as well on a friends box), but this machine is a microserver and I love the extra flexibility that xbmcbuntu provides. RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - OmniBlade - 2014-06-23 What kernel does it say you are running? RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - negge - 2014-06-23 You should reboot after upgrading, then run the upgrader again to get 14.04, then re-add your PPAs and do an upgrade and final reboot. Reinstalling from scratch is for Windows users who don't know better. RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-23 I've rebooted multiple times but it hasn't clocked over from 12.10 to saucy unfortunately. On PPAs - are there any others apart from the standard team-xbmc/ppa that I need to get the upgrades to kick into gear? I tried an automatic ppa-purge and fear that I may have cleared out some useful ones. I shall check the kernel when I am back from work, but from what I recall nothing changed according to my xbmc settings. EDIT: If there are any specific commands I should write which would be helpful then please let me know - my linux skills are growing but I'm still a novice on many commands without googling... RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - leechguy - 2014-06-23 @nikotime (2014-06-23, 10:27)OmniBlade Wrote: What kernel does it say you are running? To answer this question run the following command: uname -a RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - nikotime - 2014-06-23 Linux N54L 3.11.0-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:05:24 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux, thanks EDIT: Perhaps 14.04 isn't the best option at the moment.... http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=195576. I'd be happy sticking with 13.10 if it means I can get the latest 13.1 gotham for now? RE: Failing to upgrade from 12.10 in order to get 13.1 - oldpoem - 2014-06-23 I'm on 14.04 (Lubuntu + XBMC Unstable PPA) and everything works fine including remote. Give it a try. |