Kubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10 Upgrade

You will need to:

  • set release upgrades to be for normal releases instead of LTS releases
  • run the release upgrade tool
  • reboot

Upgrade to Kubuntu 12.10

1) Run Muon Software Centre

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2) Select Settings -> Configure Software Sources

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3) Under Updates set Release upgrade to normal and click Close

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4) Start Muon Update Manager, you will be notified for updates.
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4) You will be prompted for an upgrade, click the gear icon in the systray.

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5) Enter your password

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6) The upgrade tool will start

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7) It will confirm if you want to start the upgrade

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8) It will download and install the new release, have some coffee

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9) It may ask about conf file changes, click Replace to upgrade

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10) It will ask to confirm removing obsolete packages, click Remove.

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11) The last step of the entire process is to go ahead and reboot your machine.

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Welcome to Kubuntu 12.10

If everything went smoothly after the upgrade and the reboot, your desktop should look like the following:

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QuantalUpgrades/Kubuntu (last edited 2012-10-18 17:39:33 by marco-parillo)