mepis upgrade

Harry Ablejoy · 01-17-2006, 09:06 PM

Question: I have used Mepis 3.3.1 about six months and last nite installed 3.4.3-rc1
Today I see rc-2 on distrowatch if I update through repository will this update to 3.4.3-rc2.
One other ? what is the most stable repository to use.
Thanks Harry

mhl · 01-18-2006, 05:23 AM

You cannot upgrade from rc1 to rc2 via the repositories - you would need to download the rc2 iso. But before undertaking an upgrade to rc2 you may want to look at the bugs with rc2 which have been reported in several threads on the mepislovers forum over the last few days.

You use the repositories for upgrading packages (eg Firefox, etc). In order of stability these are: stable, testing (aka 'etch'), unstable (aka 'sid'), experimental. Most folks tend to use testing. Unstable is more stable than its name suggests. Experimental is bleeding edge.

Harry Ablejoy · 01-18-2006, 07:26 AM

Thanks for information
Harry

FredGSanford · 01-23-2006, 06:52 PM

So you can't do an apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade to 3.4.3-rc2?

Thnx.

mhl · 01-24-2006, 03:10 AM

Personally, I would steer clear of dist-upgrade since the Debian repositories seem to be in a state of flux right now. You're less likely to run into problems if you download the latest Mepis version (this is now rc3, BTW, not rc2), burn the .iso as an image to CD-R, and make a fresh install, but keeping your /home partition. This way you will retain all your existing settings, preferences, profiles, etc.

GNewbie · 01-25-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mhl

Personally, I would steer clear of dist-upgrade since the Debian repositories seem to be in a state of flux right now. You're less likely to run into problems if you download the latest Mepis version (this is now rc3, BTW, not rc2), burn the .iso as an image to CD-R, and make a fresh install, but keeping your /home partition. This way you will retain all your existing settings, preferences, profiles, etc.

you do lose all of your extra mepis installed programs, no?

i have quite a few programs i installed that don't come with mepis. i kept a list, too. ;-)

this makes it much more work to reinstall mepis vs upgrading it.

you do what you have to do, though.

mhl · 01-25-2006, 04:35 PM

Yes, you will have to re-install any apps that are not bundled with the newer version of Mepis that you install. But if you keep your /home partition, these apps will recover any earlier settings, etc. For example, I use Evolution and was delighted to discover that all my contacts, calendar, e-mails etc were still there after I installed a newer version of Mepis (no Evolution) and then reinstalled Evolution.

GNewbie · 01-26-2006, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mhl

Yes, you will have to re-install any apps that are not bundled with the newer version of Mepis that you install. But if you keep your /home partition, these apps will recover any earlier settings, etc. For example, I use Evolution and was delighted to discover that all my contacts, calendar, e-mails etc were still there after I installed a newer version of Mepis (no Evolution) and then reinstalled Evolution.

this is very good to hear!

not perfect, but not too bad, either.