Upgrading KDE, and Slackware
Hi, all. I'm new here, and also new to Linux. I guess I wanted to slowly figure out how this all works, mainly because I'm sick of Microsoft, and the BS software they release.
So, I'm biting the bullet and learning Slackware, and enjoying the cool things about KDE. I just have a simple question regarding the new Slackware release. Is it possible to upgrade? I'm not sure how upgrading works at all - do I have to burn a CD with the recent release, and then boot up with it? Will that upgrade the slackware version? IN any case, I look forward to posting on here! It's a great community, and I have found pretty much every answer to any question I had regarding issues with Linux. Thanks!!!! -Shat |
Welcome to the forums,
Probably the easiest way to upgrade if your already running 9.1 is swaret. All you have to do is install it, make sure 9.1 is totally up to date by doing a swaret --update; swaret --upgrade -a. Then change the line that says your version of slackware is 9.1 to slackware-current (otherwise known as slack 10). Then just do swaret --update; swaret --upgrade -a again. This may take a long time and may or may not bork your system. I've never had problems with swaret but many other people have. Also, you'll need to update your kernel to 2.4.26 or 2.6.7 for the full slack 10 expirience :cool: . I wouldn't suggest doing this via swaret but do it manually. Read up on swaret before trying this though. There are other things you may want to know like what is on the exclude list of swaret.conf by default (off the top of my head I think it is lilo, alsa, and the kernel). So you have to update those things manually. |
Hi.
Thanks for the reply! I installed this with no problem, and my Slack 9.1 installation is completely up to date. Now, what you are saying is that I have to edit my .conf file and put the number '10' in the version line, and then update/upgrade again? How do I go about upgrading my kernel manually? Thanks for the help!! It runs really well. |
Welcome to LQ. You have made an excellent choice with Slack. My recommendation to you would be to first spend a little time getting familiar with Slack v9.1, and then after playing with it a few weeks, then decide about upgrading/changing to Slack v10.0. Note also that Slack v10.0 just got released only about a week ago, so you it's not exactly like you're running an outdated version.
As for compiliing your own kernel, you would want to go to www.kernel.org to download the latest version, and then for instructions, I would recommend DaOne's posts in the Slackware forum. (They're sticky posts at the top. Go to LQ > Forums > Distributions > Slackware) Good luck with it -- J.W. |
Thanks for the response. I am still learning about Kernel's, etc. But, I'm proud of myself b/c I've pretty much been able to solve every problem on my own, using the help of this forum and reading up about what everything means. All the folders in the /* folder still make my eyes wide, but I'm getting the hang of it. Mostly, small things like sound, resolution, etc. have been my primary concern.
Generally, I have my own private web server that I would like to get php, apache, and mysql running so that I can have something that's stable and NOT windows. As I'm constantly fiddling, it seems that the interface is really well done. I am interested in getting the new 'cool stuff' in the newest KDE release. Is it possible to run the newest version of KDE using Slack 9.x? I look forward to participating in the forums! THanks for the support and welcoming! |
You could use swaret or you could use this way, streight from "UPGRADE.TXT" on the ISO.
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9.0 > 10.0?
is it possible or even feasible to upgrade from slack 9.0 to 10.0 by following these steps? I've been running this install of 9.0 since it was released and some things that I haven't updated myself are starting to get pretty out of date.
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It may be possible to "jump" over a release, but in my experience, it is better to do a fresh install rather than to do an upgrade. The main issue is simply that the latest version usually will create a certain amount of "digital debris", meaning that due to imperfect upgrade/cleanup routines, your machine will be left with various abandoned files, which no longer are being referenced by the current set of packages, but also didn't get removed during the upgrade. Others may disagree, but for me, just save your important data, then do a clean install.
Note: I want to emphasize that I would advise this for ANY operating system upgrade. It's not just for Slack, but also for Suse, Redhat, even Windows. Fresh installs always seem to just work better than upgrading from, for example, Windows 98 to XP, or from Redhat 8 to Redhat 9, etc. -- J.W. |
I've done successful upgrades from 8.1 to 9.1 on
the fly (no reboot required) in Slack, and don't think that a clean install is necessary at all ;) Cheers, Tink |
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