How to upgarde versions through apt/yum - possible ?

[David Curry]

Parameshwara Bhat wrote:

> 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