Comments on: Clean Install Better than an Upgrade http://linuxhere.com/2008/06/clean-install-better-than-an-upgrade/ Bringing Linux To Masses Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kranny http://linuxhere.com/2008/06/clean-install-better-than-an-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Kranny Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:27:44 +0000 http://linuxhere.com/?p=38#comment-81 Yeah evn I do take a Backup of my /var/cache/apt/archives But have not mentioned it coz u know It differs from distro.And i donno how it Exactly it works on others..Tanx for mentioning it. Yeah evn I do take a Backup of my /var/cache/apt/archives But have not mentioned it coz u know It differs from distro.And i donno how it Exactly it works on others..Tanx for mentioning it.

]]> By: Daeng Bo http://linuxhere.com/2008/06/clean-install-better-than-an-upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Daeng Bo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:07:58 +0000 http://linuxhere.com/?p=38#comment-80 I totally agree with your points above, and prefer a clean install every time. When I used to work with Ubuntu, I would take one of my "play" machines and upgrade to the alpha release, reporting bugs all the way through to the actual release. Once I hit actual release, though, I would download the netboot kernel/initrd, reboot into Grub, and do a fresh install, keeping my /home safe. The only downside to doing this is reinstalling all the extra programs you've accumulated over the six months of use. I backup my /etc/apt using "tar -cf apt.tar /etc/apt" and run "dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt" -- then after reinstallation, I can put apt back in place and set the packages to install using "dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt && apt-get dselect-upgrade" It's a little work, but generally a lot less than either dealing with upgrade woes or adding the packages from memory. Cheers Daeng Bo I totally agree with your points above, and prefer a clean install every time. When I used to work with Ubuntu, I would take one of my “play” machines and upgrade to the alpha release, reporting bugs all the way through to the actual release. Once I hit actual release, though, I would download the netboot kernel/initrd, reboot into Grub, and do a fresh install, keeping my /home safe.

The only downside to doing this is reinstalling all the extra programs you’ve accumulated over the six months of use. I backup my /etc/apt using “tar -cf apt.tar /etc/apt” and run “dpkg –get-selections > packages.txt” — then after reinstallation, I can put apt back in place and set the packages to install using “dpkg –set-selections < packages.txt && apt-get dselect-upgrade”

It’s a little work, but generally a lot less than either dealing with upgrade woes or adding the packages from memory.

Cheers

Daeng Bo

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