How to upgrade Salix 13.37 to 14.0
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Preparing for the upgrade
You first need to change the default repositories to the ones for Slackware and Salix 14.0. Open file /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc and change all "13.37" instances to "14.0". Also make sure the Slackware repositories have an OFFICIAL priority. Example setups are show below:
i486 architecture
SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/i486/slackware-14.0/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/i486/slackware-14.0/extra/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/i486/14.0/:PREFERRED
x86_64 architecture
SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/slackware-14.0/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/slackware-14.0/extra/:OFFICIAL SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/14.0/:PREFERRED
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 14.0 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.enialis.net/slkbuild/14.0/ SOURCE=http://salix.enialis.net/sbo/14.0/
Upgrading packages
First upgrade spkg, glibc and make sure you install the new kmod package and openssl-solibs (it also has the old 0.9.8x openssl libraries included). Also you can make sure mtdev is installed:
slapt-get -i spkg glibc kmod openssl-solibs mtdev
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.
Upgrade your udev package, it's locked for upgrades in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc so you have to ask for it explicitly:
slapt-get -i udev
After the upgrade you can also update the previously installed glibc-solibs package:
slapt-get -i glibc-solibs
Xfce
One of the major changes in 14.0 is the replacement of the single xfce package with many individual packages. If you're using xfce, to install a full xfce envirnment, run
slapt-get --install-set xfce
Obsolete packages
b43 users who are solely using the wireless interface should continue from b43/b43legacy firmware.
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 Some have been replaced by new packages.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 13.37, but are not anymore in 14.0. 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-14.0/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/slackware64-14.0/CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
Packages that have been removed from Slackware according to the ChangeLog (use this list at your own risk):
hal hal-info wv2 jre raptor (reinstall raptor2 afterwards) jdk module-init-tools ntfsprogs iwlwifi* rt2860-firmware rt2870-firmware rt61-firmware rt71w-firmware radeon_ucode scripts xaw3d xf86-video-radeonhd xf86-video-sisusb xf86-video-tseng xf86-video-xgi
And this NOTE: After upgrading, the following obsolete KDE packages should be removed:
kdeaccessibility kdebase kdebase-runtime kdebase-workspace kdebindings kdeedu kdegraphics kdeutils koffice konq-plugins kopete-cryptography polkit-kde-1 koffice-l10n-*
b43 users, continue from b43/b43legacy firmware: Installation.
Upgrading the kernel
Run:
ls /var/log/packages/kernel*
to see which kernel packages you have installed and do a slapt-get -i for each one of them.
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.
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.
b43/b43legacy firmware
In case you are upgrading your system by merely using the wireless interface, then you may want to perform the following steps in order for Salix OS to be able to comprehend wireless signals after you are done with the upgrading process.
Prerequisites
If you do not remember which firmware version is installed, you can find out by running:
/usr/sbin/slapt-get --show b43{,legacy}-firmware | grep Version
Note to yourself the output for the installation part of the driver.
Before you start to install the firmware, continue the upgrade process from Obsolete packages.
Installation
Install b43-fwcutter
slapt-src -i b43-fwcutter
If you use b43-firmware, run:
slapt-src -i b43-firmware
If you use b43legacy-firmware, run:
slapt-src -i b43legacy-firmware
In case you are experiencing any other problem after you have upgraded your system: b43 Troubleshooting.
Further information can be found in the following file: /usr/doc/b43-fwcutter-015/README.
Continue the upgrade process from Upgrading the kernel.