Safe method to upgrade your system
Posted: 17 Jun 2017 12:52
Switch to root user
Run
Run
And check if glibc and/or other glibc-i18n etc packages were also upgraded in slackware current
If so
Download all updated packages without installing them to slapt-get's working directory; by default, this is /var/slapt-get
First upgrade glibc and glibc- other related packages
Then upgrade the rest
Upgrading the kernel
Run
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>).
Run update grub otherwise system will be un-bootable.
Then reboot
Now check the http://www.slackel.gr/repo/x86_64/slack ... ngeLog.txt file to see if new packages has been added and which packages has been removed in slackware current. And install new added packages if you need them and also also remove the packages which has been removed from slackware current.
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slapt-get -uCode: Select all
slapt-get --upgrade --simulateIf so
Download all updated packages without installing them to slapt-get's working directory; by default, this is /var/slapt-get
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slapt-get -i -d glibc glibc-i18n glibc-profileCode: Select all
slapt-get -i -d --upgradeCode: Select all
upgradepkg /var/slapt-get/slackware64/l/glibc-* Code: Select all
slapt-get --upgradeRun
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ls /var/log/packages/kernel*Run update grub otherwise system will be un-bootable.
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update-grubNow check the http://www.slackel.gr/repo/x86_64/slack ... ngeLog.txt file to see if new packages has been added and which packages has been removed in slackware current. And install new added packages if you need them and also also remove the packages which has been removed from slackware current.