Online Upgrade
Upgrades to most of the MEPIS packages can be installed from the worldwide Debian pool sites.
The Debian pool is updated daily at about Midnight UT. The level of stability varies. Sometimes the packages get out of sync. If that happens an upgrade will not work. Usually the problems clear up in a few days.
upgrading
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Check out this forum about upgrading. The concept of an upgrade is different with Linux than with windows. Mepis is 99% made up of packages that you can upgrade via Synaptic or Kpackage. These programs get those packages from 'the worldwide debian pool'. The 1% that makes Mepis unique (don't get me wrong.... a car is made up for 1% of oil, without it....) is either maintained during upgrade (config files, init files etc) or can be upgraded via Synaptic as well. We are then talking about the kernel, kernel modules, meauto (config package) and some other things. Most things will be self-explanatory, but installing the kernel requires some additional steps, so you might want to wait a while until you feel more comfortable.
Of course, you can wait for the new CD and install that one. You will keep all data in the homedir as well as specific settings, but lose all apps that you installed yourself.
Newbie or not Newbie, there's always a question
Using KPackage do
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Using KPackage do first:
Menu -> Special -> APT:Debian -> Update
and then:
Menu -> Special -> APT:Debian -> Upgrade
"Update" downloads the names of packages and versions available from Debian repositories.
"Upgrade" replace old version of packages with new ones.
update
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thank you for the assistance. i went looking around this site and others and went to the apt-get site also and found how to update/upgrade my current packages. it is alot easier than i thoght it would be. i havn't touched the kernel as of yet but i am catching on quick. thanks
not shure what you mean by menu->special.
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i do not see "special" in the kde desktop menu. but i did go to a terminal and apt-get the update/upgrade. thanks
Menu->Special
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Try the Menu in KPackage.
re: upgrading
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"Check out this forum about upgrading."
Do you have a link to the forum you're refering to?
upgrade/install
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i have fedora core 1 running on a dual boot with windows 2000 that i have not been satisfied with nor have i touched it since it was released. is there a way to install mepis and keep the boot loader intact ? it is usung grub2 on boot, then i select dos or fedora. can it be possible to install mepis without altering this configuration ? i hate windows but i have to play my games on it unfortunately(painkiller). thanks.
k menu
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the k package update is alot easier. thanks !!!!
how to update mepis ?
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i am a linux newbie. i have abandoned ms windows and am having some trouble finding how to upgrade my current version of mepis. what are "worldwide debian pool sites" ? is the update automatic ? is there a step by step guide for doing this ? any help would be appreciated. thanks.