Hello,
I have RedHat Linux 7.1 installed on my system. I would like to upgrade to version 7.2, and I would like to know if the upgrade would go seamlessly or if I would have minor problems. I installed several applications on the machine, so I was wondering how these applications would be affected by the upgrade. Also, I was wondering if I would experience any issues after the upgrade, or would it go smoothly.
RedHat Linux Upgrade
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BoOmEr2120
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Stef
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Upgrading RedHat is never easy, you'll always get major package conflicts and broken dependencies during the upgrade. In this case your probly better off doing a clean install.
If you want an OS that easy to upgrade and manage packages go with Debian, that what's it's reputed for.
If I wanted to upgrade my (stable) Debian box to the newest release (testing) or aven alpha (experimental) release I would simply use one command.
apt-get dist-upgrade
Once executed the apt deamon would download the packages that need to be upgraded, unpack them, configure them, delete the downloaded packages, and then exit.
apt is very robust and efficient. As a matter of fact, it works so well that it's source has been modified to work with RPM packages
Stef
If you want an OS that easy to upgrade and manage packages go with Debian, that what's it's reputed for.
If I wanted to upgrade my (stable) Debian box to the newest release (testing) or aven alpha (experimental) release I would simply use one command.
apt-get dist-upgrade
Once executed the apt deamon would download the packages that need to be upgraded, unpack them, configure them, delete the downloaded packages, and then exit.
apt is very robust and efficient. As a matter of fact, it works so well that it's source has been modified to work with RPM packages
Stef
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BoOmEr2120
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So then does that mean that all of the packages that I've installed in the past will be removed. I really don't want to start all over on the system.
As for KDE 3.0, I'm not to sure as to how you would install that. I downloaded all of the packages, but for some reason it gives me a lot of dependency errors. Is there an easier way to upgrade KDE 2.1.1 to KDE 3.0 without receiving all of these dependendy errors?
As for KDE 3.0, I'm not to sure as to how you would install that. I downloaded all of the packages, but for some reason it gives me a lot of dependency errors. Is there an easier way to upgrade KDE 2.1.1 to KDE 3.0 without receiving all of these dependendy errors?
Clean install or upgrade, RedHat complains about dependancies with KDE 3.0. After you do the " rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep 'kde*'` " that the README says to do, cd to the directory you put the RPMs in and run `rpm -ivh --nodeps *.rpm`, if that fails then try `rpm -ivh --nodeps --force *.rpm`. The "--force" throws caution to the wind, so use it only as a last resort.
Also, it might complain about hwdata-0.9-1.noarch.rpm using the first command. You don't really need that installed--the version that 7.2 has already seems to work fine. So, you can just skip downloading, or trying to install, that RPM altogether.
Also, it might complain about hwdata-0.9-1.noarch.rpm using the first command. You don't really need that installed--the version that 7.2 has already seems to work fine. So, you can just skip downloading, or trying to install, that RPM altogether.
