[OSGeo-Discuss] update osgeo live 5.0 to osgeolive 7.0

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Andreas Hoffmann <
andreas.in.hk at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alex Hi list,
>
> thank you for your reply, how the ubuntu update process is working I
> already have a plan and I'm not totally new to it. I'll give it a try by
> updating to ubuntu to 12.04 first and then change the repos in
> sources.list.d to the files fond on the osgeo live DVD and run updates
> again to update the geo software.
>
> Do this may break configurations, like changes passwords (e.g. for the
> geoserver)?
>

It shouldn't. Anyway, it is always good to have a backup of all your
important data before any update of the OS.


>
> Best Regards,
> Andreas
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>wrote:
>
>> On 05/15/2014 11:13 PM, Andreas Hoffmann wrote:
>> > Hello list,
>> >
>> > I have a small installed version of osgeo live 5.0 and we would like to
>> > update it to version 7.0
>> > is there a way to do this on the running version without the need to do
>> a
>> > clean install from a 7.0 DVD and then put all data back on the new
>> > installation?
>> >
>> > Any insight or hint would be very appreciated.
>> >
>> > Greetings from Germany
>> > Andreas Hoffmann
>> >
>>
>> It is possible but could be a big pain. The first thing is that you'll
>> need to run is an Ubuntu upgrade, to get your version of Ubuntu up to
>> 12.04
>>
>> You could try putting the OSGeo Live 7.0 DVD in and see if it wants you
>> to upgrade from that.
>>
>> Even after you do the Ubuntu upgrade, you'll also need to upgrade all
>> the non-default geospatial packages. This may require you to edit the
>> apt sources in /etc/sources.lists.d/ to point at updated repos.
>>
>> So yes it is possible but you'll need to be willing to learn a bit about
>> how Ubuntu upgrades and PPAs work. FYI you should backup your file to an
>> external drive anyways.
>>
>> Let us know if you need help finding more information.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>>
>
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