Update from Suse 11.0 to 11.1

[pink-banana-fish]

Hi, I have suse 11.0 installed and now that 11.1 is out i would like to update. I have searched for this already and have found three ways of doing it:
zypper dup
zypper up
in YAST view all packages and right click and click update all if update available.
I have tried all these methods but i still seem to be running Suse 11.0 as it says in sysinfo:/ . How do i successfully update from 11.0 to 11.1?

Thanks in advance

[Cryovac]

Did you completely switch over to the 11.1 packages in your YaST > Software Repositories?

[pink-banana-fish]

I Don't know how to do this, Will i have to do it manually(Change the URL for each)? Thanks

[Cryovac]

Yeah, just edit the repo's URL (for what you have enabled) to reflect the 11.1 path.

[pink-banana-fish]

So for the OpenSUSE-11.0-Updates i would change it from download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/ to download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/? Is that the only repo i need to change, i have 29 in total?

[mingus725]

You need to research this a bit more on these forums, there are quite a few posts already so no value in repeating it all here again. Basically, you would first just change all the repositories you current have to their 11.1 versions.

However, note that all the methods you describe are "in-place" upgrades of the software packages. By far the more common method is to use the 11.1 installation DVD's upgrade option, as it can/will makes changes that simply updating the packages will not. This is not to say an in-place upgrade won't also work fine; it very well may (and I've used both methods successfully many times). And btw, "zypper dup" and YaST "upgrade all newer" will do more than "zypper up", e.g., dup and YaST will rationalize package splits (e.g., when a group of packages are replaced by a group comprised of different packages).

[pink-banana-fish]

If i were to use the DVD would it have to be a fresh install? Like format all my partitions and start again?

[mingus725]

Originally Posted by pink-banana-fish

If i were to use the DVD would it have to be a fresh install? Like format all my partitions and start again?

No. As explained in the previous post, the DVD upgrade does what zypper dup or YaST does, plus a bit more. On the first or second screen there are 2 choices, the fresh install and the upgrade. The upgrade does not re-format. Nor will it change your settings (unless a software package update requires that for the new version to work).

There is another commonly used method, which you probably don't want to use until you have more experience. You can do a fresh install which includes of course formatting, but only do this with the root partition. The /home partition is not reformatted; it gets mounted instead. This way the OS (which resides outside of /home) is completely reinstalled from scratch while configuration files in /home are updated like in an upgrade, and your personal files are left untouched, too.

Just my personal opinion: Don't be in a hurry to do this upgrade unless there is something you specifically need in 11.1. The version of KDE in 11.0 can be updated to nearly the same level as what is in 11.1, without actually doing the 11.1 upgrade (see the KDE repositories list for explanation). Any new release will have bugs, and this particular release seems to have a few more than usual. Also, the worst bugs will be fixed first, and so a month or so after release there will be patches in the Automatic Updates - it is better to wait at least that long so that the bugs you are most likely to encounter may already have been fixed. Or at the least, will have been reported here on the forums and a workaround probably found.

Good luck.

[pink-banana-fish]

Ok, well i tried the DVD install, upgrade whatever. It worked completely. Apart from the fact that my wireless thingy was not recognised. I booted up the KDE live cd and the wireless worked straight away. I then reinstalled from the CD and it works. I havn't noticed any bugs ~yet~. I didnt think on not reformatting my /home partition so i copied all my files over to my windows partition and then copied them all back when i had done. There wern't many files to copy over it was only homework. Also if i havn't noticed any bugs yet i doubt i will because at the moment i only use it for school work. Thanks for the help and advice.

[mingus725]

Glad you got it all worked out!