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How do I upgrade from 13.10 to 14.10 using ftp. http goes through a proxy and we a limited to 500M per week. FTP is not limited.

hoosain.madhi
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Edit your sources file pointing to ftp instead of http Use following command to edit your configuration:

sudoedit /etc/apt/sources.list

In most cases its enough to change http:// in every line to ftp:// but I would strongly encourage to make a backup copy of sources.list first. Also I would check is ftp connection available on your repository server. Simply get a URL from sources file, change http:// to ftp:// and paste into your web browser.

ne7runner
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To ensure that the upgrade will use the FTP protocol, you basically need to update your software sources to use a ftp mirror.

To do that the best approach is to use the Ubuntu Software Center.

  1. Open Software Center
  2. Open the Edit -> Software Sources... menu
  3. Select Others in the Download from list
  4. Finally choose a mirror supporting the ftp ptotocol (it will update /etc/apt/sources.list automatically)

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Sylvain Pineau
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I suspect you actually want to upgrade to 14.04, as that is the current release. NOTE: Year.Month = 2014.April == 14.04 It is Strongly Recommended that you should do a Full Install, rather than an upgrade, especially that you are moving to a Long Term Support release. This actually makes things easier, as you can download the full install image via FTP: http://ftp.daum.net/ubuntu-releases/14.04/ There are other FTP Ubuntu download mirrors which can be found via your favorite search engine.

smackyboy
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