[nflug] Apt or yum

[anthonyriga]

I see apt-get but not for Fedora5 can you send me the
link or rpm? I would like to test an upgrade on a
vmware box I have setup. If it borks I can recover
easily. I just cant seem to find the rpm for Fed 5

--- default <wpos2 at adelphia.net> wrote:

> You're right to assume that upgrading rather than
> clean installs doesn't 
> work well, at least with Fedora.  I should know.
> 
> I googled a site which, if not organized as well as
> it should be, was 
> pretty thorough.  I don't remember the exact site
> nor exact details. 
> But there are general guidelines that you should
> follow before running yum:
> 1.	install the latest kernel
> 2.	install the latest yum
> 3.	rpm fedora-release of the FC you are trying to
> upgrade to.
> Keep in mind that this is intended for FC 3 and
> newer.
> 
> I was able to upgrade from 3 to 4 by doing this, but
> borked the process 
> from 4 to 5 mid-yum.  Rebooting was futile.  Know
> what you are in for.
> 
> apt-get is available for FC.  I've installed it but
> haven't played 
> around with it enough to know if it's of practical
> use.  I used yum to 
> install it, and the package is called apt.  I think
> it installs a few 
> more rpms to satisfy dependencies.
> 
> Użytkownik anthonyriga napisał:
> > I know upgrading Linux dists dont work that well
> clean
> > installs are better but I was wondering if its
> > possible to use yum to do a dist upgrade for ex
> from
> > Fed 4 to 5 or 5 to 6? This way you dont need to
> > download the cds just do the version upgrades with
> > yum. Is there a version of apt-get for Fedora 5? I
> > cant find rpm to download.
> > 
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