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You should use the upgrade system provided by Ubuntu ('update-manager'), it knows more about the changes than the standard 'dist-upgrade'. You can also run it t
by slgeorge 10y ago
You should use the upgrade system provided by Ubuntu ('update-manager'), it knows more about the changes than the standard 'dist-upgrade'. You can also run it to test what changes it will make.
Second, if you are using PPA's you are much more likely to have problems. There's no way to test all the inter-relations between packages that are outside the central archive. If you have packages that have upgraded fundamental packages in Ubuntu's Main archive then it's likely to break.
I mention this because you're talking about multi-media.
In general, it's best to remove PPA software before you launch the upgrade, in fact it's a good opportunity to remove anything from the system that you don't really need: for example for my 16.04 upgrade I removed the C++ environment as I'm not using it.
- vetinari 10y agoThe only third-party ppas were team-xbmc and nvidia driver. I think that the more likely reason for breakage was, that it is not the desktop installation from live cd, it is minimal installation from the mini cd and then hand-picked packages. It has X11, but no desktop environment, for example.
- slgeorge 10y agoI guess no-one (or fewer people) were testing that configuration. I wonder if you could use a VM or similar to at least test the upgrade before you do it. I do quite a bit of cleaning before an upgrade, but hitting the button to 'do it' is always a bit of a stressful moment!