[SOLVED] How Do I Upgrade Linux Mint 16 (Petra) to 17 (Qiana)

techdude · 05-27-2014, 03:57 PM

I want to know how to upgrade without having to reinstall mint. There was a way to do it with 15 -> 16, so what about this one?

Thanks

jamison20000e · 05-27-2014, 04:17 PM

Hi... http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2 have fun.

techdude · 05-27-2014, 04:38 PM

There was an easier way with 15 -> 16 via terminal. It upgraded the Ubuntu part of mint and then mint itself with some of these:

Code:

sudo apt-get upgrade ...

jamison20000e · 05-27-2014, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techdude

There was an easier way with 15 -> 16 via terminal. It upgraded the Ubuntu part of mint and then mint itself with some of these:

Code:

sudo apt-get upgrade ...

Should work as Mint is Debian based, I'd

Code:

sudo apt-get update && dist-upgrade

techdude · 05-28-2014, 09:10 PM

I just tried that and it said <code> dist-upgrade: command not found </code>

evo2 · 05-28-2014, 09:12 PM

Hi,

was a typo. Should be

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

However I would recommend doing and apt-get upgrade first. Eg the whole process would be.

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Evo2.

techdude · 05-29-2014, 02:34 PM

When I run the sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, it returns that there is nothing to upgrade. I went into the system settings in case the regular upgrade did it, but nothing. I really don't want to copy everything onto an external HDD and re-install Mint.

jamison20000e · 05-29-2014, 02:51 PM

Not positive on Mint but it is Debian based so /etc/apt/sources.list should have "petra" change it and\or other repository code accordingly to "qiana?" Then try updates etc...
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/mint_main ?

techdude · 05-29-2014, 03:32 PM

How to I add that repository to Linux Mint?

jamison20000e · 05-29-2014, 04:26 PM

Not sure what the content should be but you must edit as root so

Code:

cd /etc/apt
sudo cp sources.list sources.list.backup
sudo gedit

or 'sudo vi sources.list'

techdude · 05-30-2014, 10:24 AM

That worked (to some extent). When I went into the System Settings -> About System -> "Linux Mint 17 'Qiana'. I thought it worked. Until I restarted the computer. Cinnamon won't load... Soooo, now I have to do what I didn't want to do in the first place. Waste a DVD to burn Linux Mint 17. Copy my files onto an external HDD. And install 17.

Thanks anyway.

ponytailbob · 06-18-2014, 12:15 PM

I was looking to do the same. Followed Evo2"s suggestions. Then the link provided by Jamison20000e:http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/mint_main. After running all commands, I re-booted, installed all updates and am now running Qiana! Thanks to all. I'm only semi-computer literate, emphasis on "semi"

Soadyheid · 06-19-2014, 10:17 AM

Quote:

I have to do what I didn't want to do in the first place. Waste a DVD to burn Linux Mint 17. Copy my files onto an external HDD. And install 17.

Can I just say that if you have to go down this road that it may be advisable to re-partition your drive to have three partitions; "/", "/usr", and "/home".

I've recently had to rebuild my system due to a Mobo failure, it was running Ubuntu 10.04 lts. I tried the new 14.04 but had problems and didn't like the Unity desktop. I've now run a fresh install of Mint 17 with the partitions as above, specifying "Don't format" the /home partition.

Absolutely amazing!

It picked up all my Firefox bookmarks, Thunderbird worked straight off with all my emails and contacts intact (OK, I did have to pull in the upgrades before it could be selected from the desktop.) I also loaded up KWalletManager and it picked up all the passwords I thought I'd lost. Very impressed!
I'd moved all the .config files in /home/<myname> to a temp folder in /home (well, as many as I could!)

Another benefit of having separate partitions is that if the drive has a head crash and you can't boot from it, in all probability you should be able to mount the /home partition with a Live CD and retrieve your data. The crash is likely to be on a system partition as it's accessed more. (The can't-boot thing would be a hint)

Play Bonny!