Upgrade from 8.04

[asai]

Hi,
I am upgrading a Hardy server to Lucid.
Used this command:

sudo do-release-upgrade --devel-release

Stops with this error:

Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Couldn't configure pre-depend jre for openoffice.org-writer2latex, probably a dependency cycle.

Any suggestions to fix this?

[davidmohammed]

dont use the extra flag if you want to goto lucid.

i.e.


sudo apt-get install update-manager-core

edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal

Launch the upgrade tool:

sudo do-release-upgrade

Follow the on-screen instructions.

[lechien73]

The problem can also be OpenOffice related. Others experienced the same problem upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic. You could try:


sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org-writer2latex

And then run the upgrade again. In fact some suggested that it was better to completely remove OpenOffice and then re-install after the upgrade.

[asai]

The problem can also be OpenOffice related. Others experienced the same problem upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic. You could try:


sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org-writer2latex

And then run the upgrade again. In fact some suggested that it was better to completely remove OpenOffice and then re-install after the upgrade.

Looks like this did the trick.
The update process is taking place now. I will update the thread when it is completed. :)