Upgrade Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

In this post, I will show you step-by-step to upgrade to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft).

Step 1: Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list as root. Change every occurrence of dapper to edgy using this simple command

sudo sed -e 's/\sdapper/ edgy/g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

Step 2: Update the source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Upgrade to new system using this command

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Step 4: Upgrade to new system using this command

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Step 5: Reboot your machine to take your new Ubuntu 6.10 installation to effect all changes.