john hansen

I have unsuccessfully tried updating Kubuntu 6.06 to 7.04.
I have 2 CDs with Kubuntu one Standard and one Alternate.
Can I just run the Standard CD and install without losing
data and settings or must I laboriously update from 6.06 to
6.10 and then to 7.04 by changing reference to Dapper to
Edgy and the to Feisty?
I have not yet found a clear/detailed guide to updating Kubuntu
so hope someone can point me in the right direction.

As you may gather I am not yet proficient in using Kubuntu
other than for email and browsing the web.

Help gratefully received!

John

gregg fowler

John,

I find the easiest route is to back up /home and just install the new
version and restore the home files. The only thing that you will lose is
"extra" programs that you have installed. I find that it is rather easy
to reinstall the programs that I want that I wind up having a bit leaner
install with all the stuff I don't need. I have only been a convert for
about a year and a half and still can't commit to a default desktop. I
have a tendency to experiment quite a bit with different programs and the
fresh install really just cleans things up for me. Reinstalling my /home
folder and I lose no settings or stored information. Another way would be
to keep your /home on a seperate partition.

Gregg

steve

Why not just d/l and install the latest .iso from here:

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/r...ubuntu/feisty/

Install it with separate "/" (root) and "/home" partitions, set it up
the way you like then in the future you will be able to install new
updates without disturbing your setup. It's worth investing the time now

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carsten a. arnholm

How/where do you specify that the /home folder is to be located somewhere
different than the default?

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Carsten A. Arnholm
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nostop

This reply is not coming from Outhouse Express, hence not top posted ...


You cannot make a jump from Dapper to Feisty without going through Edgy
first. An update is possible but will take some time. First you update to
Edgy and then you update from Edgy to Feisty.

Cheers.

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bit twister

For starters, it needs to be on another partition.

NOTE: Having the same /home can get you into a mess when desktop config
files change between releases or distributions.

During installs, you pick custom/manual during the partition phase.
That is where you get to pick each partition and set the partition
mount point, (swap, /ubuntu_6, /ubuntu_7, /kubuntu/ /FC7, /home...)

If you do not have it on a separate partition now, you would create
another partition, format it, mount it /new_home, cp -a /home/* /new_home,
umount /home /new_home, mv /home /old_home, mv /new_home /home,
and modify /etc/fstab, mount /home.

As you can see, moving/renaming/mounting /home will be a bit of a
challenge when you are logged into /home and working through sudo.

I have a multi-boot setup, where I can have a distribution with two
different releases, and other distributions installed. I also have a
spare partition or two for hot backups.

What I have is, every install has it's own /home in the / partition.
I have a separate /accounts partition. Common things like mail and
whatnot are linked from /home/$USER to /accounts/$USER.

Here is a small shippet from my admin diary where I just cut/paste on
new installs.

# log in as bittwister

click up a terminal

ln -s /accounts/$USER/.ssh
/bin/mv .bashrc .bashrc_orig
/bin/mv .bash_logout .bash_logout_orig
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.bash_logout
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.bashrc
ln -s /accounts/$USER/bin/
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.thunderbird/
ln -s /accounts/$USER/work/
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.cron
ln -s /accounts/$USER/comp/
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.signature
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.Xresources
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.Xdefaults
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.slrnrc
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.jnewsrc

# get my desktop shortcuts/wallpaper
cp /accounts/$USER/Desktop/x* ~/Desktop
ln -s /accounts/$USER/.kde/share/wallpapers/ ~/.kde/share

------- end of snippet ------

I name all my desktop shortcuts xsometing, that way I can copy just my
shortcuts into new installs. I run kde so I link in my desktop
wallpaper. That allows me to have the same look and feel accross
different releases and distributions.

carsten a. arnholm

Ok, thanks for the explanation! (I read the rest also, quite clear!)

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