Trisquel 8 mini upgrade stalling

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brashley46
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A rejoint: 08/18/2016

Hi ...
I have tried the upgrade-via-software-updater repeatedly, and it refuses to get beyond telling me I can't because I have software from other sources installed. This makes no difference when I am installing an update to xUbuntu on my desktop; as Trisquel is also debian-ubuntu based I have no idea why this occurs. I have filed a bug but nobody is answering it.
My old EeePC is the platform I want to install on, it runs Trisquel Mini 7 with no problem. At the moment, the old machine does not even want to boot up from USB stick and install that way.
Do I really have to uninstall Calibre, Megasync, Dropbox, etc., and reinstall after the upgrade?

chaosmonk

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A rejoint: 07/07/2017

> I have tried the upgrade-via-software-updater repeatedly, and it refuses to
> get beyond telling me I can't because I have software from other sources
> installed.

Does is it mention any specific packages? If not, try upgrading in a terminal with

$ sudo do-release-upgrade

and see if this give you a more helpful error message.

> Do I really have to uninstall Calibre, Megasync, Dropbox, etc., and
> reinstall after the upgrade?

Calibre is in the Trisquel repo, so it should not pose a problem. Dropbox and Megasync are propreitary software, so I recommend removing them whether or not they are interfering with your upgrade.

Magic Banana

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A rejoint: 07/24/2010

See https://trisquel.info/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130971

The MEGASync and the Dropbox clients are nonfree. Bad for you...

brashley46
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A rejoint: 08/18/2016

I will try the suggestions in that thread. Thanks!

brashley46
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A rejoint: 08/18/2016

Finally got it done. Thanks again, all.

brashley46
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A rejoint: 08/18/2016

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