[SOLVED] how to upgrade Mint 8 to the new version, by package manager or commands?

james2b · 01-09-2011, 01:10 AM

How do I upgrade Mint 8 to the newer version, is it with the package manager, or by "sudo apt-get upgrade" command ? Or will it be better to do a fresh install since I have Mint 8 now on a ext3 partition, and 9 or 10 uses ext4 file system?

Kenny_Strawn · 01-09-2011, 01:24 AM

Try adding the latest Ubuntu and Mint repos manually and then running:

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

james2b · 01-10-2011, 01:30 AM

Okay thanks, but how do I manually add the newer software repositories to allow upgrade to the newer version?

OldManHook · 01-17-2011, 11:12 PM

Best to back up the stuff you want to keep.
Download the DVD iso
Do a new Install-Your life will be better

geek73666 · 02-27-2011, 04:24 AM

Or running do-release-upgrade might work (don't know if it's on mint but is on ubuntu by default). Good luck!

geek73666 · 02-27-2011, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james2b

Okay thanks, but how do I manually add the newer software repositories to allow upgrade to the newer version?

Copy the same addresses but replace all the 'karmic's with 'lucid's and the 'Helena's to 'gloria's or whatever.

OldManHook · 03-01-2011, 12:49 AM

You can check this out:http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2

This was written by Clem (Lead Dev of Mint)
There are some other how to's on the Community Site on how to do this.
Good Luck

james2b · 03-03-2011, 02:10 PM

Okay thanks for that, I will try one or more of these methods, or install Mint 10 fresh on the same partition as Mint8