how to upgrade suse 11.3 to 11.4

**lukemersh** · 05-Mar-2011, 11:21

New to all this so give me some flack.
is it possible to upgrade simply upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4 or do i have to do a clean install?
what are the procedures on linux??

**nrickert** · 05-Mar-2011, 12:00

If you use either the install DVD or the net install CD, there should be an upgrade option. I don't think you can upgrade with the live CD, though you can do a clean install.

Personally, I always do a clean install to a new version, but I keep (and do not reformat) my "/home" partition which has most of my personalization.

**DenverD** · 05-Mar-2011, 12:08

On 03/05/2011 07:36 PM, lukemersh wrote:
>
> what are the procedures on linux??

don't know about "on linux" as that is a huge subject (i have no idea
how Red Hat, Debian, etc etc etc do it), but for openSUSE these two
should cover it:

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
and
http://doc.opensuse.org/products/ope...ha.update.html

but, you can also find dozens and dozens of questions/answers in these
fora via google or the forums advanced search page..

however, some folks always backup the data and do a format/clean
install when moving from one version to the next....i've always done
that in the past, but there are others that use the above upgrade paths..

whichever you choose, it is always best to begin with a backup of all
your data, because a fat finger mistake (or power fail) _can_ take it
all away...

--
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.0.11, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
"It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not." DD 23 Jan 11

**stamostolias** · 05-Mar-2011, 12:25

Open the Yast (Start menu -> Software (Software) -> Software Sources (Software repositories)

The category of software repositories, select all sources of 11.2 (11.3,11.4 etc) and disable them. That happens if you select them all and click the Enabled (On) that are not enabled. Click OK when finished.

After open terminal and type the following

Code:

su

Code:

# zypper addrepo -f http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/ "openSUSE 11.3 Updates"

Code:

# zypper addrepo -f http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/ "openSUSE Factory Oss"

Code:

# zypper addrepo –f http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/non-oss “openSUSE Non-oss”

Then upgrade

Code:

# zypper dup --from "openSUSE 11.3 Updates" --from "openSUSE Factory Oss" --from “openSUSE Non-oss”

or

Code:

su -c "zypper dup"

That's all!!!

Warning You must find repositories of 11.4 first. This is the technique of upgrading.

**robin_listas** · 05-Mar-2011, 13:33

On 2011-03-05 20:08, DenverD wrote:

> however, some folks always backup the data and do a format/clean
> install

I do the full backup, then upgrade. Actually, I recommend to do a full
backup before doing any of the possibilities, fresh install or upgrade, by
any method. Better waste work, than be sorry later.

--
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)

**vazhavandan** · 09-Mar-2011, 20:34

Was almost screwed when i used zupper dup to move from 1.3 to 11.4 :-(

[Help] After zypper dup with following repos

**mktyap** · 10-Mar-2011, 19:57

Thanks to the developers for a new 11.4 and also to sailors like others to prevent upgrade shipwreck:
The last comd does'nt work for me but before doing "zypper dup" I had to do a "zypper up rpm".

This worked for me!!

And thanks.

**bohdan4ik13** · 11-Mar-2011, 15:14

I've just renamed 11.3 to 11.4 in the code of post #4 and made this:

Code:

sudo zypper ref
sudo zypper in rpm
sudo zypper in zypper
sudo zypper dist-upgrade

I'm currently updating my system, the result will be later. Wish me luck!

**bohdan4ik13** · 11-Mar-2011, 16:59

Everything is OK!
But, my cuestion is - How to enable Gnome 3 instead of 2.32? I realy don't know how...

**mktyap** · 11-Mar-2011, 17:34

Originally Posted by mktyap

Thanks to the developers for a new 11.4 and also to sailors like others to prevent upgrade shipwreck:
The last comd does'nt work for me but before doing "zypper dup" I had to do a "zypper up rpm".

This worked for me!!

And thanks.

Opps spoke too soon - now there is NO Panels and NO taskbars on rebooting. Tried typing gnone-panel or kicker & but nothing. Everything else seems to work on the desktop - right-cliking changes background, etc. Help!!