topic title: Upgrade Antix 15.1 to Antix 16
Posts: 17
anamesa
Joined: 28 Sep 2013
#1
Is there an easy way to upgrade an installation of Antix 15.1 to Antix 16?
I mean changing some repositories (possibly), installing a couple of Antix specific packages, making a system updade and upgrade etc.
If yes, I would like to know, since I have a nice Antix 15.1 installation, customized, and don't wish to make a fresh installation, because then I would have to redownload a lot of additional packages I now use on Antix 15.1, and doing the system customization anew.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
What do you want/need in antiX-16 that you don't have in antiX-15.1? Have you been doing a regular
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade?
anamesa
Posts: 17
anamesa
Joined: 28 Sep 2013
#3
anticapitalista wrote:What do you want/need in antiX-16 that you don't have in antiX-15.1? Have you been doing a regular
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade?
Maybe the new control center (don't know if it is already in the antiX-15.1 repositories); and everything specific antiX-related system app.
And of course I've been doing a regular apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, not apt-get dist-upgrade though. Thought last was more for
testing, not for stable which I'm using.
poorguy
Posts: 125
poorguy
Joined: 11 May 2016
#4
Not meaning to high jack your thread but a question.

Only use these for updating apt-get update && apt-get upgrade is that correct?

No reason for using this in a stable release apt-get dist-upgrade is that correct?

Thanks.
Posts: 521
Shay
Joined: 20 Apr 2015
#5
$Man apt-get

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 upgrade
           upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages
           currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in
           / etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new
           versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no
           circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages
           not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of
           currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without
           changing the install status of another package will be left at
           their current version. An update must be performed first so that
           apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available.

       dist-upgrade
           dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade,
           also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions
           of packages; apt-get has a"smart" conflict resolution system, and
           it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the
           expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade
           command may therefore remove some packages. The
           / etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which
           to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for
           a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual
           packages.
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bear
Joined: 09 Feb 2017
#6
I was wondering how this works when a new version of antix comes out is it safe to assume that if you get apt-get updating that it will be the same as the new version's ISO. like dose the kernel differ and other antix specific utilities?
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#7
It has been the reason I have not done a fresh 16 install. My AntiX 15 laptops and Desktops are current with what 16 has. Mine are 32 bit installs. antixcc and all.

It is just Debian squeeze and Dave no systemd stable repos after all.

Edit. I never use apt-get upgrade. I use apt-get dist-upgrade. After a apt-get update first of course.
Posts: 15
Jens
Joined: 05 Feb 2017
#8
I wrote a short text about my installation: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6830
Summary: Because of very low ram I used an antix 15 iso and updated everything to 16.

If you look at /etc/apt/source.list.d/antix.list what repo is active, nl.mxrepo.com/ or antix.daveserver.info? I just accepted the new config files when updating and got the software from antix-16 automatically.

If you have changed the config files then you should decide carefully if you accept the new maintainer version or keep your old config.