Distro-Upgrading from openSuSE 11.1 to 11.2
One of the features I always envi
ed the Ubuntu people for is the ability to do a distro upgrade without tearing down my whole system and doing the CD-Dance. While that may still be needed from time to time to ensure a nice and compact system, it is just incredibly time consuming.
With the latest version of ZYpp openSuSE now has the ability to just do that. It’s not yet as comfortable and staightforward as in Ubuntu, but it definitely improved from what I tried manually when upgrading from 11.0 to 11.1.
First of all we need to update to the latest patch level from the update repository:
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ed the Ubuntu people for is the ability to do a distro upgrade without tearing down my whole system and doing the CD-Dance. While that may still be needed from time to time to ensure a nice and compact system, it is just incredibly time consuming.
With the latest version of ZYpp openSuSE now has the ability to just do that. It’s not yet as comfortable and staightforward as in Ubuntu, but it definitely improved from what I tried manually when upgrading from 11.0 to 11.1.
First of all we need to update to the latest patch level from the update repository:
zypper addrepo --check --name 'openSUSE-11.1-Update' http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/ repo-update zypper refresh zypper updateIf you already have the Update repository in your list then the first call will fail, but the others should work just fine.
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