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.
Digg it:
Using KPackage do
Submitted by AdrianTM on Tue, 04/26/2005 - 02:12.
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.
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re: upgrading
Submitted by BigBopperCole on Tue, 04/26/2005 - 12:00.
carlops wrote:
"Check out this forum about upgrading."
Do you have a link to the forum you're refering to?
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upgrading
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.
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