Problem when trying to upgrade to 13.04

Antongarou · 05-06-2013, 11:09 PM

I noticed that when I try to upgrade using the GUI nothing seems to happen. So I ran the "sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop -f kde -d" commandline in the terminal. This cause the following error message:

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 145, in <module>
    fetcher.run_options += ["--mode=%s" % options.mode,
AttributeError: type object 'DistUpgradeFetcherCore' has no attribute 'run_options'

Did any of you run into this, and does it have a solution?

tommcd · 05-07-2013, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antongarou

I noticed that when I try to upgrade using the GUI nothing seems to happen. So I ran the "sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop -f kde -d" commandline in the terminal.

First, make sure that your 12.10 is fully up to date with all the latest updates.
Then try running:

Code:

update-manager -d

in the terminal as is discussed here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RaringUpgrades

Be aware that there are some problematic PPA repos that can cause problems with the upgrade process as noted here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/27962...12-10-to-13-04
If you are using any of those they should be removed before the upgrade as it says there.

For what it's worth, here is my time tested method for avoiding problems with Ubuntu, and for upgrading to the newest version of Ubuntu:
1. I never, ever, use any third party repos, including those often problematic and unsupported PPA repos.
2. I always do clean installs of the new Ubuntu version. I never do dist-upgrades.

A clean install takes less than 1 hour. Then perhaps another hour (at the most) to get the updates and apps that I want and to configure things to my liking. Once you have done this a few times it just becomes a simple routine that you perform every 6 months.

widget · 05-07-2013, 11:34 PM

Just to add to that great advice from tommcd, a clean install prevents the build up of cruft that is left on your install from a version upgrade.

Over time this becomes huge.