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Updating and Upgrading Submitted by Alan Pope on Wed, 2007-09-26 16:24. * MoS2007 In this screencast we look at updating the system with packages from Ubuntu repositories and upgrading systems from one release to another. We show:- * Using Software Properties/Sources to identify repositories in use * Updating packages on an Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) system * Upgrading from Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) to 6.10 (Edgy) using Update Manager * Upgrading from Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) to 7.10 (Gutsy) NOTE: Gutsy is currently under development so this is not recommended for production systems. * Updating packages on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) system

Table of Contents What is a package manager? Software repositories Adding extra repositories Add/Remove Applications Advanced package management Synaptic Package Manager Command-line package management with APT Installing a single package file Install/uninstall .deb files Convert .rpm files to .deb files Install tarballs In this section you can learn how to use a package manager to add or remove applications in Ubuntu with a few clicks. You can also learn about more advanced techniques of managing applications and discover some optional applications to add to Ubuntu and try.