Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

[newbie1]

If you choose to upgrade to new releases as they happen can you upgrade Kubuntu via terminal? Or, do you need to do a complete iso install every 6 months?

Thanks.

[ronw]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

You can upgrade via the GUI or in a terminal. Many people advocate for fresh installs, many of us just upgrade from one release to the next, some of us for years.

[dayylin]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

As ronw said. Many will just do a upgrade. The thing to remember if you do that is to backup what you want. That way if there is a issue, you will be covered.

You can upgrade by sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


As I said though, please make sure you backup your data. Nothing worse than doing it and having something go wrong and what you needed is now lost.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

In either case, it's good operating practice to have /home on a separate partition. This will prevent data loss in most cases.

Also, since linux in general takes up very little hard drive space, I advocate a parallel install methodology. Simply put - have partitions reserved for two installs.

Prior to an install upgrade, make a full working backup of your current install. Then if the upgrade fails, you still have a working install. If you choose to do a full new install, simply install to the other partition and change you boot order when your new install works to your liking.

[vinnywright]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

As ronw said. Many will just do a upgrade. The thing to remember if you do that is to backup what you want. That way if there is a issue, you will be covered.

You can upgrade by sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


As I said though, please make sure you backup your data. Nothing worse than doing it and having something go wrong and what you needed is now lost.

the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade will upgrade the aplacations you have installed to the next version in the repo (IE: appfoo-ver 1 to appfoo-ver 2) it dose not take you to new releases like in 11.04-natty to 11.10-oneiric

VINNY

[kubicle]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

You can upgrade by sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Like vinnywright mentioned, that will only upgrade a release if you switch to the repos of the new release.

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'update-manager-core' package includes a CLI tool 'do-release-upgrade' that can also be used to upgrade a release.

[dayylin]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

Bah. Absolutely right vinnywright. I normally keep my repos up and keep forgetting that. Good catch.

[SteveRiley]

Re: Kubuntu upgrade release procedures?

I used do-release-upgrade to transition my main laptop from Natty to Oneiric, and it worked pretty well. I was too lazy to rebuild it at the time. However, when Precise comes out, I'll probably do a rebuild then.