I was updating from version 8.04 which I presumed would give me the newer version. I don't want to download a new distro as I am worried that a new installation will fry my data when/if hard drives are reformatted. I don't have enough off line storage to back up my data completely either.
My apologies if this sounds a bit dumb, but my son did the setup and I am just now following in his footsteps as he is on the other side of the world -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756204 Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.31 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs