On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Andreas Hoffmann < andreas.in...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Alex Hi list, > > thank you for your reply, how the ubuntu update process is working I > already have a plan and I'm not totally new to it. I'll give it a try by > updating to ubuntu to 12.04 first and then change the repos in > sources.list.d to the files fond on the osgeo live DVD and run updates > again to update the geo software. > > Do this may break configurations, like changes passwords (e.g. for the > geoserver)? > It shouldn't. Anyway, it is always good to have a backup of all your important data before any update of the OS. > > Best Regards, > Andreas > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Alex Mandel > <tech_...@wildintellect.com>wrote: > >> On 05/15/2014 11:13 PM, Andreas Hoffmann wrote: >> > Hello list, >> > >> > I have a small installed version of osgeo live 5.0 and we would like to >> > update it to version 7.0 >> > is there a way to do this on the running version without the need to do >> a >> > clean install from a 7.0 DVD and then put all data back on the new >> > installation? >> > >> > Any insight or hint would be very appreciated. >> > >> > Greetings from Germany >> > Andreas Hoffmann >> > >> >> It is possible but could be a big pain. The first thing is that you'll >> need to run is an Ubuntu upgrade, to get your version of Ubuntu up to >> 12.04 >> >> You could try putting the OSGeo Live 7.0 DVD in and see if it wants you >> to upgrade from that. >> >> Even after you do the Ubuntu upgrade, you'll also need to upgrade all >> the non-default geospatial packages. This may require you to edit the >> apt sources in /etc/sources.lists.d/ to point at updated repos. >> >> So yes it is possible but you'll need to be willing to learn a bit about >> how Ubuntu upgrades and PPAs work. FYI you should backup your file to an >> external drive anyways. >> >> Let us know if you need help finding more information. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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