How to upgarde versions through apt/yum - possible ?

[Kam Leo]

On Apr 5, 2005 9:50 AM, Rick Lim <ricklim at telus.net> wrote:
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> Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
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> > Hello All,
> >
> > Is it possible to upgrade versions using apt / yum ? I use synaptic
> > and  when I 'refresh', only packages for the present version are
> > listed.  However I have desisted the idea of setting higher version in
> > repositories  list as upgrading might be lot more than just installing
> > newer version rpms
> >
> > Parameshwara Bhat
> >
> I understand your question about "upgrading" as asking about changing
> from one Fedora Core distribution to another as in FC2 --> FC3.   If
> that is the case, you may be able to find something through Google that
> describes a procedure for upgrading a system through an ftp conection.
> Upgrading through synaptic might work, but I don't think
> synaptic/yum/up2date are designed to do that.
> 
> I am no expert, but I think downloading the isos for the later
> distribution you are interested in and then choosing the upgrade option
> for installation would likely be a safer route than trying to do it
> through synaptic.  Since "upgrade" is offered as an installation
> option,  the task was anticipated and designed into the installation
> program (anaconda).
> 
> FWIW
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> I think you can do it with apt-get -f dist-upgrade
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Search the list archives (21 Dec 2004) and you will find reference to this site:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html