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− | udev has been replaced in 14.2 by eudev. So, install the new package: | + | udev has been replaced in 14.2 by eudev. So, install the new package and remove the old one: |
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= Obsolete packages = | = Obsolete packages = |
Revision as of 13:24, 14 March 2016
(This page is work in progress, until 14.2 is officially released)
Contents |
Preparing for the upgrade
You first need to change the default repositories to the ones for Slackware and Salix 14.2. Open file /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc and change all "14.1" instances to "14.2". Also make sure the Slackware repositories have an OFFICIAL priority. Example setups are show below:
i486 architecture
SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/slackware-14.2/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/slackware-14.2/extra/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/14.2/:PREFERRED
x86_64 architecture
SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/x86_64/slackware-14.2/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/x86_64/slackware-14.2/extra/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/x86_64/14.2/:PREFERRED
Changing your mirrors
Feel free to try other repositoriy mirrors that might be faster for you. N.B: It is perfectly safe to stop the process while a package is in the process of being downloaded. On resume/restart, the download starts off where it last left. But, do not stop the process, if a package is in the process of being installed.
After you make the changes, run
slapt-get -u
slapt-src
Although slapt-src has nothing to do with the upgrade process itself, better make sure its repos are pointing to 14.2 so that they work correctly after the installation. Open your /etc/slapt-get/slapt-srcrc and change the SOURCE lines to these ones:
SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/slkbuild/14.2/ SOURCE=http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/sbo/14.2/
Upgrading packages
First you need to upgrade glibc. glibc-zoneinfo has been split off from the main glibc package in 14.2, so as well as upgrading the main package, you'll have to install that too:
slapt-get -i glibc glibc-zoneinfo
Then upgrade slapt-get itself (along with its dependencies):
slapt-get -i slapt-get
And then upgrade all other packages to their new versions:
slapt-get --upgrade
DO NOT use:
slapt-get --dist-upgrade
in any case. Although it might seem to be the best option for upgrading to a different version, it really isn't.
udev has been replaced in 14.2 by eudev. So, install the new package and remove the old one:
slapt-get -i eudev spkg -d udev
Obsolete packages
Some packages have been obsoleted and should be removed. Some have been replaced by new packages. You can do this automatically with:
slapt-get --remove-obsolete --remove
Careful, because this will also remove all personal packages that you might have installed, if any. It will also remove any packages that used to be part of the Slackware or Salix repos in 14.1, but are not anymore in 14.2. And it's never a bad idea to have a look at the Slackware CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file:
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-14.2/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-14.2/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
Upgrading the kernel
Run:
ls /var/log/packages/kernel*
to see which kernel packages you have installed and do a slapt-get -i <packagename> for each one of them. (Do not include the package version in <packagename>).
If you have switched to the kernel-generic package instead of the default kernel-huge package, don't forget to recreate the initrd.gz file which will be needed for booting you upgraded system. If you're still using the default kernel-huge package, an initrd is not needed anyway and you needn't be concerned about it.
After upgrading the packages, don't forget to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file accordingly and run:
lilo -v
to inform the bootloader about the kernel upgrade.
On similar note, users running multi-boot systems on GRUB2 must log into the distro that controls the bootloader and re-run
update-grub
to inform the bootloader about the kernel upgrade.
For those using elilo, you just need to copy the new kernel and initrd (if using kernel-generic) to appropriate directory in the ESP:
cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/efi/EFI/Salix/vmlinuz cp /boot/initrd.gz /boot/efi/EFI/Salix/initrd.
Update caches
You'll also need to run this command:
update-all
This updates icon caches, font indexes, desktop and mime databases, pango files, glib schemas etc. You'll need to run this, or you'll probably won't be able to start a graphical environment and even if you do, you'll probably see garbage instead of readable characters.
Configuration files
After doing all the upgrades, run:
dotnew
to accept or reject new configuration files. Make sure that you DO NOT replace your /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow or /etc/group files. If you do, you will lose all users/groups/passwords you have in your system. However, even if you do, you can get the old files back, they will be kept in the same locations, with an .orig suffix.
If you are starting your system in init 3 (console), instead of init 4 (graphics) and you start the GUI by running 'startx', you'd better refresh the xinitrc file in your home directory by running (while in init 3):
xwmconfig
and selecting your preferred Desktop Environment.
Edit /etc/slackware-version file to fill in:
Slackware 14.2
This is not required but this is used by some apps to show your version (for example grub).