Need help with upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 without installing from scratch

F_style · June 22, 2023, 5:05pm

I’m on 15.4, but this time with already installed several “production” programs which would be very time consuming to reinstall and configure again if installing 15.5 from scratch.

Thus I’d like to try the upgrade way for the first time; problem is, I found the openSUSE docs regarding this a bit complicated, and even risky as they warn themselves. I thought it was just a matter of changing the installed repositories then upgrade, but this seems to not be the case…

The repositories I currently have:
user1@localhost:~> zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

—±----------------------------±--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±--------±----------±--------±---------±-------±------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | mozilla | mozilla | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.4/ |
2 | openSUSE-Leap-15.4-1 | openSUSE-Leap-15.4-1 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/ |
3 | packman | packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.4/ |
4 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update repository with updates for openSUSE Leap debuginfo packages from openSUSE Backports | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports_debug/ |
5 | repo-backports-update | Update repository of openSUSE Backports | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports/ |
6 | repo-debug | Debug Repository | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-debug-non-oss | Debug Repository (Non-OSS) | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/non-oss/ |
8 | repo-debug-update | Update Repository (Debug) | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/oss/ |
9 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | Update Repository (Debug, Non-OSS) | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/non-oss/ |
10 | repo-non-oss | Repositorio Non-OSS | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/non-oss/ |
11 | repo-oss | Repositorio principal | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/ |
12 | repo-sle-debug-update | Update repository with debuginfo for updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/sle/ |
13 | repo-sle-update | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/sle/ |
14 | repo-source | Source Repository | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/ |
15 | repo-update | Repositorio principal de actualizaciones | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/oss |
16 | repo-update-non-oss | Repositorio de actualizaciones (código no abierto) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/non-oss/ |
17 | wine | wine | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/15.4/ |
user1@localhost:~>

Could someone please guide with how to properly upgrade everything without consequences?
Thanks very much.

EDIT: forgot I also have the NVIDIA repository because I use the proprietary Prime drivers (an Optimus laptop…)

Sauerland · June 22, 2023, 5:35pm

Please post your output from Terminal into Code-Tags, its better readable.

zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                            | Name                                                                                        | Enabled   | GPG Check       | Refresh        | Priority  | Type     | URI                                                                                         | Serv->
---+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------+-----------+----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------
 1 | Enlightenment                    | Enlightenment                                                                               | Nein      | ----            | ----           |   60      | rpm-md   | https://mirrorcache-eu.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Enlightenment:/Factory/15.5/          | 
 2 | Geo                              | Geo                                                                                         | Nein      | ----            | ----           |  120      | NONE     | https://mirrorcache-eu.opensuse.org/download/repositories/Application:/Geo/15.5/            | 
 3 | KDE-Extra                        | KDE-Extra                                                                                   | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja             |   50      | rpm-md   | https://mirrorcache-eu.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/             | 
 4 | Nvidia                           | nVidia Graphics Drivers                                                                     | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja             |   99      | rpm-md   | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.5                                              | 
 5 | Packman_Aachen                   | Packman_Aachen                                                                              | Ja        | (r ) Ja         | Ja             |   35      | rpm-md   | http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/                          | 
 6 | Packman_Goettingen               | Packman_Goettingen                                                                          | Nein      | ----            | ----           |   35      | NONE     | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/                         | 
 7 | Programme                        | Programme-rpm                                                                               | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja             |   99      | plaindir | dir:/home/stephan/Programme86x64/Programme                                                  | 
 8 | RPMS                             | Rpmbuild                                                                                    | Ja        | ( p) Ja         | Ja             |   30      | plaindir | dir:/home/stephan/rpmbuild/RPMS                                                             | 
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Sauerland · June 22, 2023, 5:38pm

Post:

zypper --releasever=00000 lr -d

to see if there are Repo-URL’s hardcoded with 15.4…

t_neo · June 22, 2023, 5:39pm

Have you followed the wiki to upgrade? SDB:System upgrade - openSUSE Wiki

For hardcoded repos you need to replace that value with {releasever}, by executing:
sed -i 's/15.4/${releasever}/g' /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo

F_style · June 22, 2023, 6:00pm

@Sauerland:
Yes, I completely forgot to properly format the output, I’m sorry…

#  | Alias                       | Name                | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      | Service
---+-----------------------------+---------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | mozilla                     | mozilla             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.4/   | 
 2 | nvidia                      | nvidia              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.4                           | 
 3 | openSUSE-Leap-15.4-1        | openSUSE-Leap-15.-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/            | 
 4 | packman                     | packman             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.4/      | 
 5 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update repository-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports_debug/           | 
 6 | repo-backports-update       | Update repository-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/backports/                 | 
 7 | repo-debug                  | Debug Repository    | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/      | 
 8 | repo-debug-non-oss          | Debug Repository -> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/non-oss/  | 
 9 | repo-debug-update           | Update Repository-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/oss/                 | 
10 | repo-debug-update-non-oss   | Update Repository-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/non-oss/             | 
11 | repo-non-oss                | Repositorio Non-OSS | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/non-oss/        | 
12 | repo-oss                    | Repositorio princ-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/            | 
13 | repo-sle-debug-update       | Update repository-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.4/sle/                 | 
14 | repo-sle-update             | Update repository-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/sle/                       | 
15 | repo-source                 | Source Repository   | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/     | 
16 | repo-update                 | Repositorio princ-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/oss                        | 
17 | repo-update-non-oss         | Repositorio de ac-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.4/non-oss/                   | 
18 | wine                        | wine                | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/15.4/         |

When using the --releasever=00000 option, virtually the only difference in whole output is, in terms of sed command, s/15.4/00000/ in the URLs. Does this say something?

Thanks again.

Sauerland · June 22, 2023, 6:11pm

releasever ist only temporary variable, only for that givenn command…
So I do not know, if you use my command with releasever or only zypper lr -d.
Next time please post the complete output incl. the complete commandline wirh the command…
If you use the releasever Version, you have hardcoded 15.4 in all of you URLs…

But for example there is no wine Repo for 15.5.

I would also delete the debug and source Repos.

arvidjaar · June 22, 2023, 6:13pm

They are disabled. It is standard setup which allows enabling them when needed.

Sauerland · June 22, 2023, 6:15pm

I do that because it is a better readable list.
You can add them if you are need them, but as a “normal” User I think you do not use them.

F_style · June 22, 2023, 6:20pm

user1@localhost:~> zypper --releasever=00000 lr -d
Warning: Enforced setting: $releasever=00000
#  | Alias                       | Name               | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                       | Service
---+-----------------------------+--------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | mozilla                     | mozilla            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_00000/   | 
 2 | nvidia                      | nvidia             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/00000                           | 
 3 | openSUSE-Leap-15.4-1        | openSUSE-Leap-15-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/repo/oss/             | 
 4 | packman                     | packman            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_00000/      | 
 5 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update repositor-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/00000/backports_debug/           | 
 6 | repo-backports-update       | Update repositor-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/00000/backports/                 | 
 7 | repo-debug                  | Debug Repository   | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/00000/repo/oss/      | 
 8 | repo-debug-non-oss          | Debug Repository-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/00000/repo/non-oss/  | 
 9 | repo-debug-update           | Update Repositor-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/00000/oss/                 | 
10 | repo-debug-update-non-oss   | Update Repositor-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/00000/non-oss/             | 
11 | repo-non-oss                | Repositorio Non--> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/00000/repo/non-oss/        | 
12 | repo-oss                    | Repositorio prin-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/00000/repo/oss/            | 
13 | repo-sle-debug-update       | Update repositor-> | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/00000/sle/                 | 
14 | repo-sle-update             | Update repositor-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/00000/sle/                       | 
15 | repo-source                 | Source Repository  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/00000/repo/oss/     | 
16 | repo-update                 | Repositorio prin-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/00000/oss                        | 
17 | repo-update-non-oss         | Repositorio de a-> | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/00000/non-oss/                   | 
18 | wine                        | wine               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/00000/         | 
user1@localhost:~>

Is this better?

nrickert · June 22, 2023, 6:25pm

Remove #3 on that list. It has “15.4” showing. You don’t need it, because it is a duplicate of #12.

F_style · June 22, 2023, 7:00pm

Removed #3.

Now, back to OP, could someone please guide with how to properly upgrade everything without consequences?
Thanks again.

Sauerland · June 22, 2023, 8:12pm

Nobody can say if something is going wrong or not.

And as I said, there is no wine Repo for Leap 15.5…
So disable and derefresh it.

After that as root:

zypper --releasever=15.5 ref

zypper releasever=15.5 dup

And crossing fingers…

karlmistelberger · June 22, 2023, 8:34pm

Ran the following yesterday:

3400g:~ # zypper --releasever 15.5 --reposd-dir /mnt/@/etc/zypp/repos.d/ repos --show-enabled-only 
Warning: Enforced setting: $releasever=15.5
#  | Alias                 | Enabled | GPG Check | Priority | URI
---+-----------------------+---------+-----------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------
 3 | repo-backports-update | Yes     | ( p) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/backports/
 8 | repo-non-oss          | Yes     | (r ) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/non-oss/
 9 | repo-oss              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss/
11 | repo-sle-update       | Yes     | ( p) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/sle/
13 | repo-update           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/oss
14 | repo-update-non-oss   | Yes     | ( p) Yes  |   99     | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.5/non-oss/
3400g:~ #

24 minutes download and 5 minutes install:

3400g:~ # journalctl --directory /mnt/@/var/log/journal/ --unit dup155 -g 'Started|Checking|Deactivated'
Jun 20 22:10:29 leap154 systemd[1]: Started Dist Upgrade.
Jun 20 22:44:08 leap154 zypper[24720]: Checking for file conflicts: [.............done]
Jun 20 22:49:47 leap154 systemd[1]: dup155.service: Deactivated successfully.
3400g:~ #

F_style · June 22, 2023, 10:46pm

Why still no wine repo? Or is it just a “matter of time” due to how recent the new release is?

F_style · June 22, 2023, 10:56pm

On more specific doubts:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade#Extra_repositories_handling
—Are mozilla, wine, packman, nvidia all “arbitrary OBS repositories”? Must I remove them first before any upgrade attempt?

—If I fully update whole system current additional repos first, do I still need to manually import the new 4096 RSA key?

Thanks.

pedroSMS · June 23, 2023, 12:57am

In case you haven’t seen this…

I’ve just upgraded from 15.3 to 15.4, with a few bumps…

Good luck
Pedro

karlmistelberger · June 23, 2023, 4:03am

Beware of breaking the rules: Question before upgrading to 15.5 - #7 by karlmistelberger. You may need to recover.

F_style · June 24, 2023, 4:10pm

Bumping specific doubts:

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade#Extra_repositories_handling
—Are mozilla, wine, packman, nvidia all “arbitrary OBS repositories”? Must I remove them first before any upgrade attempt?

—If I fully update whole system current additional repos first, do I still need to manually import the new 4096 RSA key?

—Why still no wine repo? Or is it just a “matter of time” due to how recent the new release is?

Sauerland · June 24, 2023, 6:21pm

Its not there. Why? I do not know. Maybe ask here:

PS: you can use wine from the OSS Repo. Or use the Emulators Repo.

I have done an Upgrade with the enabled Packman and Nvidia Repos without Problems.
But that will not say anything, You can get trouble.

Best is to backup your data before Upgrade.

pier_andreit · June 24, 2023, 6:58pm

this is what I did and it went well:
----------------upgrade online from 15.4 to 15.5
uodate all packages yast>software management>Package>All Packages>Update if newer version available
backup with luckybackup
repositories backup zypper repos -d > “/dati/impo-conf/packages-and-repos/tuxedo-red1/TW/repositories.txt”
packages backup zypper se -si > “/dati/impo-conf/packages-and-repos/tuxedo-red1/TW/list_of_all_installed_packages.txt” and rpm -qa > “/dati/impo-conf/packages-and-repos/tuxedo-red1/TW/packagelist.txt”
yast modify repositories from 15.4 to 15.5 or use $releasever instead
disable repositories that doesn’t exist in 15.5
close yast
change version with:
zypper --releasever=15.5 refresh
launch konsole and run:
zypper --releasever=15.5 dup --dry-run --download-only --auto-agree-with-licenses --allow-vendor-change
if everything goes well:
ctrl>alt>F2
login as root and run
init 3
login as root and run
zypper --releasever=15.5 dup --download-in-heaps --auto-agree-with-licenses --allow-vendor-change
reboot
with yast>software management> packman repository and other where is necessary
switch to system packages and click OK
update all packages yast>software management>Package>All Packages>Update if newer version available