Should I install edgy over dapper?

[nobane]

I currently have Dapper and I want to use the Edgy packages so I understand that means I have to re-install with the newest live CD. Will I lose all my settings and programs that I've compiled?

[nixternal]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

If you created a seperate ~/ home directory (didn't do a default partition scheme) then you won't loose your settings. Files that you have compiled will be gone unless you compiled them locally. And even if you did that, you would have to recompile them anyways due to newer libs with Edgy.

You could always try an upgrade as well, but be ware that it will break your system if you are using any binary drivers such as the NVidia or ATI blobs, or if you have used Automatix or Easy Ubuntu, or 3rd party repos for that matter.

You could always log in in single-user mode (escape at grub and select the safe boot or whatever it is called, it will stand out), and then backup your ~/ home directory

[nobane]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

Okay, but what about settings like the K menu, color schemes, icon changes and programs I've installed with adept? Will it look like a fresh install or will it recognize that I have installed kubuntu previously and offer me some kind of update feature?

[nixternal]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

If you don't wipe out your ~/ home directory those will stay. They are all stored in ~/.kde/share/config and ~/.kde/share/apps/programname

When I install fresh, I always make sure I create a seperate ~/ home directory so I can always install fresh without worrying about loosing my saved files and settings.

[nobane]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

okay I backed up the ~/.kde/share/config but I couldn't find the ~/.kde/share/apps/programname. So I guess I'll just go ahead and boot up the Edgy install disc. Now when you say create a separate ~/ home directory, what exactly do you mean by that? What are the steps and what will I end up with?

[podunk]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

Here you go:
http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

[nobane]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

thank you =]]]

[nobane]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

Are there any guides that give a complete tutorial on how to update the version of kubuntu?

[podunk]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

Can I offer a gentle suggestion? If you're having Edgy woes you'll find a much larger base of knowledge in the Edgy forum. Most of the people who come here are folks that decided to stick with Dapper. For example I played with Edgy for a day, and decided there was no compelling reason to spend the time to resolve some of the bugs it had on this system. I use my computer for my business and I'm really into speed and stability.

Reading other folks comments here and there it seems that if Edgy loads right the first time on your rig you've got it, but if it doesn't you're in for a long haul.

One page you might try is here:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy

Good luck and have fun!

[gorgan_almighty]

Re: Should I install edgy over dapper?

You could always try an upgrade as well, but be ware that it will break your system if you are using any binary drivers such as the NVidia or ATI blobs, or if you have used Automatix or Easy Ubuntu, or 3rd party repos for that matter.

Thank you, that pretty much answers the question I asked in the Adept upgrades thread . But why is this the case? Doesn't the library versioning take care of that? I thought that when you upgrade library files, the previous versions are left in the system for that very reason.

Keith.