Hi, of course you *can* do that. Here's a guide for Debian based systems: http://users.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/debian_arch_up/index.html
But - and that's a huge 'but'! - you should ask yourself if it's worth the time, headache and hassle when a simple reinstall is doable much easier. Regards, vinz. Am 29. Juni 2017 23:58:19 MESZ schrieb "GothSpark ." <gothsparki...@gmail.com>: >hi >you cannot update from 32bit to 64bit you have to install the new >system >from scrach > >2017-06-10 17:28 GMT-04:00 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie>: > >> A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from >> oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly >> installed Xubuntu 16.04 on it and it's been fine. >> >> It now turns out that I used a USB containing the 32bit distribution >> instead of the 64bit, so I wanted to know if there is a way to >"upgrade" >> in place from 32bit 16.04 to 64bit 16.04 >> >> The 745 runs a 64bit processor and architecture, from what I have >been >> able to determine (at least, it boots from the 64bit ISO on a USB >stick, >> and everything seems to run OK). >> >> Or do I have to do a from-scratch installation (not a major problem, >as >> /home is on a separate partition, and most all the important stuff is >on >> SVN repos). >> >> ///Peter >> >> -- >> xubuntu-users mailing list >> xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ >> mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >>
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