How to upgarde versions through apt/yum - possible ?

[David Curry]

Kam Leo wrote:

>On Apr 5, 2005 9:50 AM, Rick Lim <ricklim at telus.net> wrote:
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>>Subject: Re: How to upgarde versions through apt/yum - possible ?
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>>Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
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>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>Is it possible to upgrade versions using apt / yum ? I use synaptic
>>>and  when I 'refresh', only packages for the present version are
>>>listed.  However I have desisted the idea of setting higher version in
>>>repositories  list as upgrading might be lot more than just installing
>>>newer version rpms
>>>
>>>Parameshwara Bhat
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>>I understand your question about "upgrading" as asking about changing
>>from one Fedora Core distribution to another as in FC2 --> FC3.   If
>>that is the case, you may be able to find something through Google that
>>describes a procedure for upgrading a system through an ftp conection.
>>Upgrading through synaptic might work, but I don't think
>>synaptic/yum/up2date are designed to do that.
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>>I am no expert, but I think downloading the isos for the later
>>distribution you are interested in and then choosing the upgrade option
>>for installation would likely be a safer route than trying to do it
>>through synaptic.  Since "upgrade" is offered as an installation
>>option,  the task was anticipated and designed into the installation
>>program (anaconda).
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>>FWIW
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>>I think you can do it with apt-get -f dist-upgrade
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>Search the list archives (21 Dec 2004) and you will find reference to this site:
>http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html
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Rick, Kam -- Thanks for the info and from letting me inadvertently lead 
Parameshwara astray!