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diff --git a/UPGRADE.TXT b/UPGRADE.TXT index 1efbba02c..84e0837ba 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.TXT +++ b/UPGRADE.TXT @@ -1,32 +1,32 @@ -Slackware 14.1 to 14.2 Upgrade HOWTO <volkerdi@slackware.com>
+Slackware 14.2 to 15.0 Upgrade HOWTO <volkerdi@slackware.com>
-This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 14.1 to Slackware 14.2.
+This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15.0.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-For details of important changes from Slackware 14.1 to 14.2, see the file
-'CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT'. Thanks to Robby Workman for help with this.
+For details of important changes from Slackware 14.2 to 15.0, see the file
+'CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT'. Thanks to Robby Workman for help with this.
Before you begin, I would strongly recommend making a backup of your
-system, or, if not the entire system, at least the /etc directory. You
+system, or, if not the entire system, at least the /etc directory. You
might find that you need to refer to a few things after the upgrade
process is complete. Back it up, or take your chances.
OK, now that everything is safely backed up, let's proceed. :-)
-To do this, you'll need the Slackware 14.2 packages. If these are on a CD,
-create a new directory to mount the CD on so that it doesn't get in the way
+To do this, you'll need the Slackware 15.0 packages. If these are on a DVD,
+create a new directory to mount the DVD on so that it doesn't get in the way
during the upgrade:
mkdir /packages
mount /dev/cdrom /packages
-The packages don't have to be on a CD-ROM, as an alternative you could
+The packages don't have to be on a DVD, as an alternative you could
copy the slackware directory (the one with the various package
subdirectories in it, basically the "slackware" or "slackware64" directory
-from the install disc) to someplace like /root/slackware/. The important thing
-is that you know where the slackware packages directory is. We'll use
+from the install disc) to someplace like /root/slackware/. The important thing
+is that you know where the slackware packages directory is. We'll use
/root/slackware in the following examples.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ is that you know where the slackware packages directory is. We'll use uncover any problem areas and come up with workarounds for them.
-1. Upgrade your glibc shared libraries. This is important, or things
+1. Upgrade your glibc shared libraries. This is important, or things
might go haywire during the next part of the upgrade:
upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/aaa_glibc-solibs-*.txz
@@ -59,45 +59,79 @@ is that you know where the slackware packages directory is. We'll use upgradepkg --install-new /root/slackware/*/*.t?z
- If you wish to upgrade everything except for the KDEI language
- packs for KDE (these take a lot of space and can be dealt with
- after the main upgrade more quickly and easily), running this
- script in the "slackware" directory will do the trick:
- #!/bin/sh
- for dir in a ap d e f k kde l n t tcl x xap xfce y ; do
- ( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z )
- done
-
-
-4. Remove obsolete packages. The CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file should have a
- list of these. You may also wish to go into /var/log/packages and take
- a look at the package list:
+4. Remove obsolete packages. The CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file should have a
+ list of these. You may also wish to go into /var/lib/pkgtools/packages
+ and take a look at the package list:
ls -lt | less
- You may spot some old, obsolete, or discontinued packages. If so,
- you can remove these using 'removepkg'. This command will get rid of
- the packages which became obsolete since Slackware 14.1:
-
- removepkg ConsoleKit apmd bluez-hcidump cxxlibs foomatic-filters \
- gnome-icon-theme imlib kdeadmin kdenetwork kdesdk kdetoys kwallet \
- lesstif libelf libjpeg libxfcegui4 networkmanagement obex-data-server \
- obexfs open-cobol oxygen-gtk3 phonon-mplayer phonon-xine pil portmap \
- procps qca-cyrus-sasl qca-gnupg qca-ossl udev xchat xf86-input-aiptek \
- xf86-video-modesetting xfce4-mixer xfce4-volumed xfwm4-themes
-
-
-5. Fix your config files. Some of the config files in /etc are going to
- need your attention. You'll find the new incoming config files on
- your system with the ".new" extension. You may need to fill these in
+ You may spot some old, obsolete, or discontinued packages. If so,
+ you can remove these using 'removepkg'. This command will get rid of
+ the packages which became obsolete since Slackware 14.2 or were
+ introduced during the 15.0 development cycle and later removed:
+
+ removepkg ConsoleKit2 PyQt Thunar aaa_elflibs amarok amor ash automoc4 \
+ bigreqsproto calligra-l10n-bs calligra-l10n-ca \
+ calligra-l10n-ca@valencia calligra-l10n-cs calligra-l10n-da \
+ calligra-l10n-de calligra-l10n-el calligra-l10n-en_GB calligra-l10n-es \
+ calligra-l10n-et calligra-l10n-fi calligra-l10n-fr calligra-l10n-gl \
+ calligra-l10n-hu calligra-l10n-it calligra-l10n-ja calligra-l10n-kk \
+ calligra-l10n-nb calligra-l10n-nl calligra-l10n-pl calligra-l10n-pt \
+ calligra-l10n-pt_BR calligra-l10n-ru calligra-l10n-sk calligra-l10n-sv \
+ calligra-l10n-tr calligra-l10n-uk calligra-l10n-zh_CN \
+ calligra-l10n-zh_TW cargo cgmanager compositeproto damageproto db42 \
+ db44 dirmngr dmxproto dri2proto dri3proto eigen2 eject evieext \
+ fixesproto fontcacheproto fontsproto gcc-java getty-ps glade3 \
+ glibc-solibs glproto gnome-themes-standard gnu-cobol gst-plugins-base0 \
+ gst-plugins-good0 gstreamer0 gtk-xfce-engine herqq idnkit ilmbase \
+ imapd inputproto intel-gpu-tools js185 kaccessible kajongg \
+ kaudiocreator kbproto kde-base-artwork kde-baseapps kde-l10n-ar \
+ kde-l10n-bg kde-l10n-bs kde-l10n-ca kde-l10n-ca@valencia kde-l10n-cs \
+ kde-l10n-da kde-l10n-de kde-l10n-el kde-l10n-en_GB kde-l10n-es \
+ kde-l10n-et kde-l10n-eu kde-l10n-fa kde-l10n-fi kde-l10n-fr \
+ kde-l10n-ga kde-l10n-gl kde-l10n-he kde-l10n-hi kde-l10n-hr \
+ kde-l10n-hu kde-l10n-ia kde-l10n-id kde-l10n-is kde-l10n-it \
+ kde-l10n-ja kde-l10n-kk kde-l10n-km kde-l10n-ko kde-l10n-lt \
+ kde-l10n-lv kde-l10n-mr kde-l10n-nb kde-l10n-nds kde-l10n-nl \
+ kde-l10n-nn kde-l10n-pa kde-l10n-pl kde-l10n-pt kde-l10n-pt_BR \
+ kde-l10n-ro kde-l10n-ru kde-l10n-sk kde-l10n-sl kde-l10n-sr \
+ kde-l10n-sv kde-l10n-tr kde-l10n-ug kde-l10n-uk kde-l10n-wa \
+ kde-l10n-zh_CN kde-l10n-zh_TW kde-runtime kde-wallpapers kde-workspace \
+ kdeartwork kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer kdelibs \
+ kdenetwork-strigi-analyzers kdepim kdepim-apps-libs kdepimlibs \
+ kdesdk-strigi-analyzers kdevelop-php kdevelop-php-docs kdevplatform \
+ kdewebdev keybinder kgamma kio-mtp klettres korundum kplayer kppp \
+ kremotecontrol ksaneplugin ksnapshot ksysguard ktuberling ktux \
+ kuser kwebkitpart lha libXfont libart_lgpl libbluedevil libcroco \
+ libkdeedu libkgeomap liblastfm libmcs libmm-qt libmowgli libmsn \
+ libnm-qt libtermcap libva-intel-driver libwmf-docs mailx man \
+ mkfontdir mozjs52 mozjs60 mozjs68 mplayerthumbs nepomuk-core \
+ nepomuk-widgets notify-python openldap-client openssl10 \
+ openssl10-solibs orage oxygen-icons pairs perlkde perlqt \
+ phonon-gstreamer pm-utils presentproto printproto pth pykde4 pyrex \
+ python python-enum34 qca-qt5 qimageblitz qjson qt qt-gstreamer qtruby \
+ qtscriptgenerator randrproto raptor2 rasqal recordproto redland \
+ renderproto resourceproto rfkill rxvt scim scim-anthy scim-hangul \
+ scim-input-pad scim-m17n scim-pinyin scim-tables scrnsaverproto \
+ seamonkey-solibs sendmail sendmail-cf slocate smokegen smokekde \
+ smokeqt soprano strigi superkaramba tetex tetex-doc transfig trn \
+ urwid videoproto virtuoso-ose wicd-kde wireless-tools workbone \
+ xcmiscproto xextproto xf86-video-xgi xf86-video-xgixp xf86bigfontproto \
+ xf86dgaproto xf86driproto xf86miscproto xf86vidmodeproto xfractint \
+ xineramaproto xproto xv
+
+
+5. Fix your config files. Some of the config files in /etc are going to
+ need your attention. You'll find the new incoming config files on
+ your system with the ".new" extension. You may need to fill these in
with information from your old config files and then move them over.
- Feel brave? You can use this little script to install most of the
- .new config files in /etc. If you've made any local changes you'll
- need to add them to the newly installed files. Your old config files
- will be copied to *.bak. Anyway, it might be an easier starting
- point. Here it is:
+ Feel brave? You can use this little script to install most of the
+ .new config files in /etc. If you've made any local changes you'll
+ need to add them to the newly installed files. Your old config files
+ will be copied to *.bak. Anyway, it might be an easier starting
+ point. Here it is:
#!/bin/sh
cd /etc
@@ -118,51 +152,32 @@ is that you know where the slackware packages directory is. We'll use /usr/share/vim/vimrc.new
-6. If you use a non-en_US language pack for KDE and you already have it
- installed, then you may upgrade it by moving into the slackware/kdei
- directory and using this command:
-
- upgradepkg --install-new *-<your KDE locale>-*t?z
-
- If your language has been added to KDE since Slackware 14.1, you'll
- need to install it using installpkg, or upgradepkg --install-new.
-
- Typically you'll need to make sure that you have installed the
- slackware/kdei packages for kde and calligra (if you use those).
-
-
-7. IMPORTANT! *Before* attempting to reboot your system, you will need
+6. IMPORTANT! *Before* attempting to reboot your system, you will need
to make sure that the bootloader has been updated for the new kernel!
- First, be sure your initrd is up to date (if you use one). You can
- build a new initrd automatically by running the
- mkinitrd_command_generator.sh script.
-
- If you're running the 64-bit kernel, or the 32-bit single processor
- kernel, this is the command to use:
-
- /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 4.4.14 | bash
+ First, be sure your initrd is up to date (if you use one). You can
+ build a new initrd automatically by running the geninitrd script:
- If you're using the 32-bit SMP kernel, use this command:
-
- /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 4.4.14-smp | bash
+ # geninitrd
If you use LILO, make sure the paths in /etc/lilo.conf point to a valid
- kernel and then type 'lilo' to reinstall LILO. If you use a USB memory
+ kernel and then type 'lilo' to reinstall LILO. If you use a USB memory
stick to boot, copy the new kernel to it in place of the old one.
+ If you are using elilo on a machine with UEFI BIOS, run the eliloconfig
+ command to install the new kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition.
+
-8. Return to multi-user mode:
+7. Return to multi-user mode:
telinit 3
-9. Reboot to start using the new kernel.
+8. Reboot to start using the new kernel.
-At this point you should be running Slackware 14.2. :-)
+At this point you should be running Slackware 15.0. :-)
I wish everyone good luck with this!
---
Patrick Volkerding
volkerdi@slackware.com
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