orion update to scorpion. how to?

elektron · 2018-01-24 17:18

i have a fool configured orion. how can i update to scorpion without any lost setting?
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
not working!
and now how?

Dai_trying · 2018-01-24 18:00

It is not recommended to upgrade from Orion to Scorpion, it is advised to perform a fresh install. there are many settings that you may be able to backup and then transfer across to the new install, but without knowing what settings are most important to you I couldn't give better advise on that.

elektron · 2018-01-24 21:39

this is unbelivable. it is possible in windows to upgrade the version. in linux is not?

Dai_trying · 2018-01-24 21:44

Linux is not windows... I did not say it was not possible just that it is advised to perform a fresh install. If you want to attempt an upgrade then you can change the sources to read the current repositories and then perform the steps in your first post.
When you run into issues please post the full output of any errors you are seeing.

crosscourt · 2018-01-24 21:47

Windows that doesnt always go so well and typically its recommended to do a fresh install of a new Windows version.

It can be done in Linux but depends on the distro and version. Q4OS Orion is based on Debian 8, Scorpion 2.4 is based on Debian 9 so its not a guaranteed process.

Trust me once you install Scorpion 2.4 youll be good for quite awhile and youll avoid any unanticipated issues, and you can still move your data over without problems.

I upgraded one of my pcs with windows 7 to Windows 10 recently and the install went south very quickly. Ended up doing a fresh install of Windows 10 and moving my data.

q4osteam · 2018-01-24 22:28

@elektron
As stated above, it's not recommended to perform direct upgrade from Q4OS Orion to Scorpion. There are major applications and libraries version upgrades and one could easily break some bits of system. A fresh Scorpion installation and configuration is much safer way.

elektron · 2018-01-26 20:55

not recmended. ok. i have full system back up with clonezilla.
i like to try it. maybe I will succeed.
and how?

Dai_trying · 2018-01-26 23:47

You will need to change your sources from "Jessie" to "Stretch" and also the Q4OS repository from q4os-1 to q4os-2. I also can see that rtkit -> 0.11-4+b1 is pinned with a priority of -1 which may have some implication.
After changing your repositories you could run apt-get update and then hold your breath before running apt-get dist-upgrade I fear we will hear of your issues, but let us know how it goes anyway

elektron · 2018-01-27 00:22

i not realy understand it. please write it down step by step.
i tryd the apt-get dist-upgrade. it didnt work.

bin · 2018-01-27 07:38

elektron wrote:

i not realy understand it. please write it down step by step.
i tryd the apt-get dist-upgrade. it didnt work.

Before you do anything, have you tested a restore from your Clonezilla backup? If not I'd recommend you also take a file backup of the /home folder on your machine before you do so.

Last edited by bin (2018-01-27 12:29)

q4osteam · 2018-01-27 10:31

@elektron
You should read 'Upgrades from Debian 8' instructions first:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ … ading.html
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ … on.en.html

Next you can update all of your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list' files according to Dai_trying's post:
http://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php … 647#p11647
just replace all 'jessie' with 'stretch' and 'q4os-1-0-cn' with 'q4os-2-0-cn'. We would recommend to remove, or comment out, all Debian backports repositories, as they are not used in Scorpion.

Next, create file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/pin50-rtkit':

Package: rtkit
Pin: release *
Pin-Priority: -1

and finally run from terminal:
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Dai_trying · 2018-01-27 17:26

q4osteam wrote:

@elektron
snip...
and finally run from terminal:
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Don't forget to run sudo apt-get update first

Last edited by Dai_trying (2018-01-27 22:32)

crosscourt · 2018-01-27 21:27

Fresh install at this point really looks like a better option doesnt it?

jackdanielsesq · 2018-01-28 12:25

Agreed - why not run both - choice is always good

Regards

Jack

crosscourt wrote:

Fresh install at this point really looks like a better option doesnt it?

crosscourt · 2018-01-28 19:37

Love choice as Ive got 20 distros running right now on various systems.

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