Problem updating Ubuntu in OVH server

[222MHz]

Don't waste your time and reinstall your server.

By the way, those guys who're saying Debian and Ubuntu are buggies are just poor admins.
Some of my customers and I are using these distro on our servers. The only one who has severe bugs (amongst those distro provided by OVH) is the 64bits version of Ubuntu.

I agree.

I would also go with Debian/GNU Linux. 4.0 Etch if possible. And start using aptitude in lieu of apt-get.

[walkman79]

I reinstalled the server.
For the people who want to run their seedboxes with Ubuntu 8.04. These are the steps to update your system properly:

1. Run this command:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade -y

2. Get the latest security updates as usual through the Update Manager:
System > Administration > Update Manager

If you skip step 1 you will get the same problem I had . I hope this help some people, thanks to 222Mhz.

[222MHz]

aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

should include all security updates as well.

[walkman79]

I run the Update manager soon after the sudo aptitude command, and there were 7 security updates available yet.

[222MHz]

sudo aptitude full-upgrade