[SOLVED] Upgrade or install to get Hardy?

[anewguy]

I know this is probably a dumb question, but......

Do I need to do a completely fresh install to get all of Hardy, or can I just use the upgrade? I'm currently running Gutsy.

Thanks!

[Bubba64]

The upgrade is fine if your getting updates.

[sports fan Matt]

I did an upgrade a few hours ago

[conscious]

The recommmended way is to upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

There have already been discussions of this topic, with opinions differing, see e.g.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=754994
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623320

[anewguy]

The recommmended way is to upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

There have already been discussions of this topic, with opinions differing, see e.g.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=754994
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623320

That's exactly why I was asking - I don't know if it's in either of the threads you posted, but I remember seeing somewhere over the last week that if you truely wanted Hardy you had to do a fresh install to get all the improved pieces - including something about speed. I could never find that post again. I guess I'll go with the recommended upgrade and see how it goes!

Thanks!

(even though I can't currently marked this as solved, please consider it so)

[misfitpierce]

I just upgraded with 0 problems or hassles. Works fine and everything is up to date. I say go upgrade route unless problem is hit then clean install. Maybe download onto disc then upgrade for failsafe. But it should work fine as mine did on HP laptop.

[Sef]

The recommmended way is to upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades

That is not a recommendation, but a way to upgrade without doing a fresh install. It is best to do a fresh install. If you do do an upgrade, be sure to have all your data backed up. (The same applies for a fresh install.) Upgrades are known to fail at times. So if you do upgrade either have Gutsy 7.10 on hand, or Hardy 8.04 on hand.

[dushu]

After I upgrade to 8.04 from 7.10 Gutsy I cant install xmms player.by apt-get install xmms following error I got.

dush@dush-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install xmms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package xmms is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package xmms has no installation candidate
dush@dush-desktop:~/Desktop$

[1scorpio]

It is always a good Idea to at least download the disk. I have heard that updating from the update manager dosn't always give all the changes or that it is "risky"
at any rate the download is short and upgrading from it seems to be a compleete deal.
Also I like the security of having a burned disk.

[lswest]

yeah, xmms no longer exists in Hardy, there is xmms2 though. Seems to have changed from the old version, i now use Exaile 0.2.13 instead.